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Josh Shapiro: “Inciting violence through speech is unconstitutional, is…”

Featuring: Josh Shapiro, Democratic | Governor of Pennsylvania

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Published | Video Starts at 11:52

How do you respond? The Supreme Court, over decades, centuries of jurisprudence, has made clear that hate speech, whether we like it or not, agree with it or not, is legal. Inciting violence through speech is unconstitutional, is illegal. It can be restricted, because, of course, we need to keep people safe. I think it is a long way to go to, say, a comedian on late night TV … (11:52–11:58)

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