Remember when President Trump vigorously defended free speech — before he turned against it?
Remember how he sparked cheers when his second inauguration speech grandly promised to "immediately stop all government censorship and bring back free speech to America?"
"Never again will the immense power of the state be weaponized to persecute political opponents," Trump continued.
That was then. Fast forward to the shocking assassination of his prominent ally, conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah.
Days after Kirk was murdered, Vice President JD Vance sat in as the host of Kirk's podcast, joined by Stephen Miller, deputy White House chief of staff and the architect of many of the Trump administration's most notorious policies. The two men made it clear they blamed the assassination on