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Ted Cruz: “We're seeing in the United Kingdom right now people being…”

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Sen. Ted Cruz Addresses Importance of Restoring America at UATX Families and Founders Weekend

Published | Video Starts at 23:19

Take a look at Europe, where many of the nations there do not have a tradition of free speech, do not have a fundamental protection of free speech. We're seeing in the United Kingdom right now people being arrested for sending tweets the government doesn't like. And by the way, free speech. You know, sometimes I listen to my colleagues and they will say, well, the First Amendment doesn't protect hate speech. It doesn't protect hateful speech. (23:19–23:27)

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Asserts that people in the UK are being arrested for tweets the government disapproves of.

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