Former President Barack Obama is continuing to position himself as a champion of free speech following the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s show.

Obama pointed to an editorial by Never Trump columnist David French, writing, “This commentary offers a clear, powerful statement of why freedom of speech is at the heart of democracy and must be defended, whether the speaker is Charlie Kirk or Jimmy Kimmel, MAGA supporters or MAGA opponents.”

French writes in his commentary, “Making matters worse, the Trump administration is using Kirk’s death as a pretext to threaten a sweeping crackdown on President Trump’s political and cultural opponents,” later continuing, “The onslaught against dissenting speech never stops.”

Speaking of Kimmel, French dismissed his smear of MAGA as a mistake after the la

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