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Ted Cruz: “Kamala Harris is now trying to pretend [to support my…”

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Assault On Free Speech | Verdict Ep. 205

Published August 13, 2024 | Video Starts at 44:52

They're just starting to climb the economic ladder. And they literally came and hugged him for that proposal. And so Kamala Harris is now trying to pretend [to support my legislation]. look, I'm glad she's supporting my legislation. I gotta say, this is a first. I do not believe Kamala Harris has ever before publicly endorsed legislation that I filed and am the lead author of. (44:52–44:56)

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“In the United Kingdom, they are sentencing people to jail for their social media posts.”
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“Kamala Harris and Tim Waltz are radicals and zealots when it comes to free speech.”
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“This is the most anti free speech ticket that has ever run.”
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“She [Kamala Harris] compared ICE agents to the Ku Klux Klan.”
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“She [Kamala Harris] compared border patrol agents to slave owners whipping African Americans.”
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“They are the most extreme ticket ever nominated by a major party.”
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“In the United Kingdom now that they've decided that if you post something they don't like, they will arrest you and they'll put you in jail.”
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“This poor brittain [was sentenced] to 20 months in jail...for a Facebook post.”
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“I am sanctioned in communist China. Right now. They have sanctioned me.”
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“The United Kingdom, their biggest industry for a period of time was the slave trade.”
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“The UK is going to lock people up for making social media posts.”
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“Today's Democrats have decided that free speech, the First Amendment, is incompatible with their desire to control you.”
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“Today's radical Democrats have decided free speech is inconvenient to their thirst for power.”
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“Joe Biden has made censorship a critical part of his legacy.”
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“The administration created an office like, quote, the disinformation governance board.”
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“Your party tried to throw Donald Trump off the ballot in Colorado, Illinois and Maine.”
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“Stacey Plaskett, who is a Democrat in Congress representing the Virgin Islands, she declared, quote, I hope that all members recognize that…”
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“Ben Cardin Democrat senator from Maryland said, quote, if you espouse hate, you're not protected under the First Amendment.”
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“Howard Dean, member, former governor of Vermont, Democrat, ran for president. Here's what he said. Quote, hate speech is not protected by…”
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“The Supreme Court, it's a famous case, the Skokie case, where they upheld the right of Nazis to march in Skokie, Illinois, because the First…”
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“In the 2016 case of Matal v. Tam, here's what the Supreme Court wrote, quote, this position, rather, this position, that hate speech is not…”
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“Mittal versus Tam was a decision that was unanimous. Nobody dissented from the judgment.”
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“Kamala Harris on her disastrously failed 2020 presidential campaign. Here's what she said. She ran on censorship, and she pledged, quote…”
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“In 2019, Kamala Harris said directly to Mark Zuckerberg, the lead owner of Facebook, quote, this is not a matter of free speech. This is a…”
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“Kamala Harris and Tim Walts. If they win, they intend to go after your free speech. They intend to pressure big tech to censor even more.”
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“Kamala Harris pretends she wants to fix the broken border, but she has attacked and vilified everyone responsible for enforcing it.”
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“That border Patrol agent was simply riding his horse. Those were the reins.”
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“Kamala Harris and Tim Walts choose the criminals.”
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“Kamala Harris and Tim Walts, they choose the illegal immigrants.”
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“I introduced legislation in the Senate to exempt tips from taxes.”
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“Both Democrat senators from Nevada, really. Jackie Rosen and Kathryn Cortes Masto both joined my legislation.”
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“The culinary union has come out emphatically in support of Trump's proposal, emphatically in support of my legislation exempting tips from…”
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“June 9 is when Trump said it. August 10 is when she [Kamala Harris] said it.”
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“Her administration, the Biden Harris administration, she was the tie breaking vote on the legislation that provided millions for the IR's to…”
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“Joe Biden and Kamala Harris siding with giant corporations against the little guy.”
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“I do not believe Kamala Harris has ever before publicly endorsed legislation that I filed.”
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“Ilhan Omar is one of the founding members of the squad. She is a radical anti-Semite.”
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“Kamala Harris's entire career has been siding with criminals and with illegal immigrants.”
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“I predicted that the Democrats would throw Joe Biden off the ticket.”
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“I put the odds at 100% at the time [of the debate] that the Democrats will push Joe Biden off.”
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“I'm going to put the odds at 40% that Joe Biden resigns between now and election day.”
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“There are going to be very serious discussions in the White House [about Biden resigning].”
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“If you say your health has reached a point that you need to step aside, which clearly it has.”
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