Political Quotes

“If I may respond for a moment. I understand my colleague has to go. I know it is late and other things are going on. He is welcome to stay, obviously. There were a couple of mentions about how I characterized the resolution. I will just read from the resolution: Resolved, That the Senate [1] calls on the President of the United States to enforce existing law to revoke visas and initiate deportation proceedings for any foreign national who has endorsed or espoused the terrorist activities of Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad-- People whose rocket yesterday hit a hospital in Gaza and killed innocent people-- Hezbollah, or other Foreign Terrorist Organizations-- Which is a term that is defined by the State Department who issues a list of who those are-- That participated in terrorist attacks against Israel and United States citizens before, on, or after October 7, 2023. Yes, we have a First Amendment right in this country to free speech, but everyone acknowledges there are limits to it. For example, you do not have a First Amendment right to call on people to overthrow the government of the United States. You don't have a First Amendment right to do that. You don't have a First Amendment right to incite people to violence. And there is no First Amendment right to a visa. I am not talking about U.S. citizens.…”