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Timothy M. Kennedy: “I pleaded, is there not one Ted Kennedy on the Democratic side who believes in free speech?”

On the recordJuly 18, 2022
I pleaded, is there not one Ted Kennedy on the Democratic side who believes in free speech?
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Timothy M. Kennedy
New York

Editor's note · Context

The speaker lamented the absence of Democrats supporting free speech.

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