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Peter Welch: “We've had executive orders that target law firms because the…”

Featuring: Peter Welch, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Welch Calls Out the Trump Administration’s Freedom of Speech Hypocrisy

Published | Video Starts at 03:20

When the president did not like a report of a poll that was printed in a newspaper in Iowa. I'm very concerned about attacks on the freedom of speech. We've had executive orders that target law firms because the president did not like some members of that law firm and who they represented. And the president has issued executive orders punishing firms that represent his political opponents and who are, in his opinion, were involved in litigation against him when he was a private citizen. (03:20–03:32)

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Asserts that executive orders targeted law firms due to the President's personal dislikes.

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