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Ted Cruz: “Europe does not have the tradition of the First Amendment of…”

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Published | Video Starts at 13:08

You better play by a rule, the rules that we're giving you and we're telling you, don't interview the leading candidate for the presidency in the Republican Party. And listen, Europe does not have the tradition of the First Amendment of the United States. The First Amendment protects free speech. We have a robust free speech culture. Europe has far less. They are willing to regulate free speech, but what they're trying to do here is silence free speech in America. (13:08–13:12)

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