Ted Cruz: “The European Union last year wrote a letter demanding that X…”

“They've done because X is a platform for free speech and they are mad at X because it allows free speech. They want X to actively censor views they don't like. By the way, The European Union last year wrote a letter demanding that X censor and silence Donald Trump. because they didn't want people to hear what Donald Trump is saying. This is a grotesque violation of Americans freedom of speech and I am urging the Trump administration to use every tool we have to sanction the Europe.” (00:41–00:49)

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