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Tom Corbett: “The First Amendment is an integral part of our government…”

Featuring: Tom Corbett, Republican | Former Governor of Pennsylvania

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Trunk 'N Tails Episode 33: Have political threats and violence become normal?

Published | Video Starts at 09:30

It's, you know, we're not going to tone down the rhetoric if we lost control of the rhetoric long ago, and we just have to find a better way to respond to these things. Governor, it almost runs into this. The First Amendment is an integral part of our government, but with the technology we have today, is the First Amendment at risk of somebody saying we gotta limit it by limiting what you're allowed to put out there? I'm not suggesting we should do that, but I think you're gonna see those kind of statements are gonna be made here soon because it is, for want of a better description, the wild, wild, wild west on social media. (09:30–09:42)

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