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Neal Katyal: “What Trump is basically doing is bringing back King George III. I mean, not just on his odious views of race and so on…”

On the recordMarch 3, 2019
What Trump is basically doing is bringing back King George III. I mean, not just on his odious views of race and so on but on, you know, the most fundamental value we face, which is free speech.
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Neal Katyal
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Neal Katyal compares President Trump's actions regarding free speech to those of King George III, suggesting that it undermines democracy.

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