The Right is “Rationalizing the Abuses” to Free Speech: First Amendment Watchdog on MAGA
April 26, 2025
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as posted by the channelEvery week, it seems like Trump signs new executive orders to tighten his chokehold on Americans’ rights and freedoms – except for his billionaire friends, of course. But the fight doesn’t end when Trump signs the piece of paper. Rather, it’s just the beginning as ordinary people and grassroots organizations take Trump’s draconian policies to court. One of those organizations pushing back against Trump is the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, better known as FIRE, which is centered around defending and promoting free speech for all Americans. Executive Vice President of FIRE, Nico Perrino, tells Mehdi that despite defending free speech for Republicans and Democrats alike, “most people are free speech hypocrites.”
As the Trump administration doubles down on deporting college students without due process, Perrino argues, “That’s completely contrary to all American traditions, and even targeting visa holders and lawful permanent residents with Green Cards for their protected speech is totally contrary to the American principles.” Despite criticizing the left for free speech restrictions in the past, Perrino concedes to Mehdi that “what we're seeing right now in scope, scale, and severity [from the right] is worse.”
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