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Ted Cruz: “Today's Democrats have decided that free speech, the First…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Assault On Free Speech | Verdict Ep. 205

Published | Video Starts at 16:45

In the last few years, one of the greatest concerns ive had is the Democrat party. There used to be principled, passionate defenders of free speech in the Democrat party. They dont exist anymore. And Today's Democrats have decided that free speech, the First Amendment, is incompatible with their desire to control you. and to silence speech they don't like. And today's Democrats being in bed with big tech, they view it as a machinery of censorship and oppression because power matters more to them than free speech. (16:45–16:57)

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