The Democratic parliamentarians announced this Thursday, September 18 that they were going to propose a law to “protect freedom of expression” threatened according to them by US President Donald Trump and his government, particularly since the murder of the influential conservative Charlie Kirk.
Consecrated by the first amendment of the Constitution, freedom of expression is a founding element of American democracy.
His opponents accuse the Trump administration of the Bafer and denounce as censorship of the suspension on Wednesday of the popular host star Jimmy Kimmel, for the comments considered after the murder on September 10 by Charlie Kirk.
“It is censorship. Static control of speech. It is not the United States,” Senator Chris Murphy said at a press conference at Congress in Washington, accusing Donald Trump of “exploiting” this “national tragedy” to “destroy the political opposition” instead of “gathering the country.”
An “endless crusade”
The bill defended by several elected Democrats aims to “create specific protection for those led for political reasons,” he said.
It provides “real consequences for government officials who would use their power to attack freedom of expression,” he added, unintentionally in these measures or a possible calendar for the path of the text in Congress.
“Freedom of expression is a cornerstone of our democracy and this government is trying to suffocate it. They do not even want people to express themselves when they do not like what they say. It is the slope towards the autocracy,” the head of the Democratic minority in the Chuck Schumer Senate saw it, seeing an “endless crusade.”
The recent statements of the Minister of Justice Pam Bondi, who said that the “hate speech” was not protected under the first amendment, Trump’s administration attacks also made against the traditional press accused of being a supporter.
Donald Trump announced Tuesday to continue the New York Times in defamation, demanding damage for $ 15 billion, after saying in July claiming at least $ 10 billion of the Wall Street Journal for defamation as well.
The text of the chosen Democrats will intend to “protect the churches, associations, newspapers, universities, students, workers, from any president who addresses his political opponents,” particularly in Donald Trump’s viewfinder from his return to Maison Blanche-, he listed the elected official to the house of representatives of Greg Casar.
Democratic parliamentarians have called their Republican counterparts, mostly in both cameras, to support their initiative “approving the health of our democracy before loyalty to their leader.”
Source: BFM TV
