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Jamie Raskin: “Are you ready to fight back? Do you want a gangster state or do you want free speech in America?”

On the recordJune 14, 2025
Are you ready to fight back? Do you want a gangster state or do you want free speech in America?
Said by
Jamie Raskin
Democratic · Maryland
Source
cbsnews.com
Jun 14, 2025

Editor's note · Context

Raskin urged the crowd to choose between authoritarianism and free speech.

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