Political Quotes

JD Vance: “The First Amendment protects a lot of very ugly speech, but if you celebrate Charlie Kirk’s death, you should not be…”

On the recordSeptember 19, 2025
The First Amendment protects a lot of very ugly speech, but if you celebrate Charlie Kirk’s death, you should not be protected from being fired for being a disgusting person.
Said by
JD Vance
Republican · Ohio
Source
nbcnews.com
Sep 19, 2025

Editor's note · Context

Vance's remarks on free speech and consequences for celebrating Kirk's death.

Share

More from JD Vance

Feb 17, 2026

In some ways, it went well.

apnews.com
Feb 11, 2026

I think the media made much ado about nothing with the fact that, yes, in a crowd of 30,000 people, there were certainly some people who disagreed with my policies or the policies of the administration.

usatoday.com
Mar 8, 2026

He's defined that objective as Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon and has to commit long-term to never trying to rebuild the nuclear capability. It's pretty clear. It's pretty simple, and I think that means that we're not going to get into…

abcnews.com
May 27, 2026

The AI future is not going to be won by hand-wringing about safety.

foreignpolicy.com

Other voices in this conversation