Going after people for things they say (Free Speech/1st Amend) can cause problems for those from the ‘Left’ AND the ‘Right’….
Having the Federal Government do THAT would be worse….
Even Republicans KNOW THAT….(MAGA Included)
Pam Bondi apparently DID NOT….
She seem’s to be another member, in good standing, on Donald Trump’s list of apointtee’s that are IN ‘OVER THEIR HEADS’….
Attorney General Pam Bondi is facing broad backlash on the right after suggesting the federal government may try to prosecute alleged hate speech, with efforts to clarify the comments stoking criticism.
Her remarks came on former Trump administration official Katie Miller’s podcast regarding a flood of comments made online celebrating the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last week.
“There’s free speech and then there’s hate speech, and there is no place, especially now, especially after what happened to Charlie, in our society,” Bondi told Miller in an interview published Monday.
“We will absolutely target you, go after you, if you are targeting anyone with hate speech,” the attorney general said.
The backlash against Bondi’s comments was swift from across the political spectrum. A chorus of conservative voices particularly pushed back, pointing to sweeping protections under the First Amendment for free speech and dismissing the idea of prosecuting alleged hate speech…
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The AG Bondi recovery walkback effort….
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on Tuesday said hate speech is “of course” protected by the First Amendment, after Attorney General Pam Bondi came under criticism for her remarks about the policing of speech following conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s killing.
Bondi has since clarified remarks she made on a podcast differentiating between hate speech and free speech, but the storm in conservative circles surrounding the comments has yet to completely lift.
“Yes, of course hate speech is covered by the First Amendment, and everybody thinks that,” Blanche told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins. “The Republican Party and this administration believes in that more than most, having been subjected to what we’ve been subjected to for the last several years.”…
During an episode of “The Katie Miller Podcast” published Monday, Bondi said “there’s free speech and then there’s hate speech,” and the Justice Department (DOJ) will prosecute those “targeting anyone with hate speech.”
The attorney general, after receiving blowback from the civil liberties group Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression and conservative pundits, sought to clear up her statements in a Tuesday morning post on the social platform X. …
image…Attorney General Pam Bondi attends a 9/11 observance last week in Arlington, Va. Photo: Win McNamee/Getty