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Ted Cruz: “Today's radical Democrats have decided free speech is…”

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 … Today's radical Democrats have decided free speech is inconvenient to their thirst for power. … view it as a machinery of censorship and oppression because power matters more to them than free speech. You know, there's a great article Jonathan Turley, the great law professor, wrote just a few days ago in the Hill. (16:45–16:57)

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