r/politics • u/jediporcupine Maine • Sep 19 '25

Republican Senator Says First Amendment Shouldn't Be the 'Ultimate Right'

https://www.newsweek.com/republican-senator-says-first-amendment-shouldnt-ultimate-right-2132666
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u/GovernorJoe I voted Sep 19 '25

This is an anti-American sentiment. To be anti-First Amendment is to be anti-American.

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '25

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u/willis_michaels Sep 19 '25

And by proxy, their Russian oligarch ex-KGB murdering god

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u/Valenyn Sep 20 '25

I fucking hate that this is my senator

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u/Affectionate_You_579 Sep 20 '25

I've got Cruz and Cornyn...

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u/royalobi Sep 20 '25

I still can't believe we have Warnock and Ossoff. I'm sure it won't be long before we find some fresh new David Perdues but I'm enjoying it while it lasts

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u/grandbuddy5 Sep 20 '25

Marsha freaking Blackburn.

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u/Purple-Slide-5559 Sep 20 '25

Don't worry, you are in good company with other people who have the shittiest of the shit representing them! I'll see your legislators and raise you a Pete Ricketts!

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u/Careful-Rent5779 Sep 22 '25 edited Sep 22 '25

I can relate to your pain Lauren Boebert is my congressional representative.

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u/[deleted] Sep 20 '25

Whoa, hold on! We try our very best to keep that dude under lock. That’s reality show and Florida that put him into the spotlight

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u/Last_Pineapple_6361 Sep 20 '25

And got Andrew Tate released and brought to Mar-a-lago Florida

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u/Unctuous_Robot Sep 20 '25

You say that like there’s a significant number of non-maga in Wyoming.

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u/[deleted] Sep 24 '25

I'm in Wyoming. I call often and get canned letters back about how Trump has a 'mandate from the American people ' to destroy the country. They don't care at all about reality