August Pfluger: “I thank the ranking member for yielding. Mr. Speaker, today, I am voting against the erosion of constitutional rights of…”

“I thank the ranking member for yielding. Mr. Speaker, today, I am voting against the erosion of constitutional rights of law-abiding Americans. In the long history of mankind, freedom and liberty are not lost overnight. It comes by way of a slow and gradual burn. We have seen an unprecedented assault on our First Amendment through the legacy media and social media giants censoring the thoughts and opinions of individuals of the right while propping up their favorite candidates and covering up stories that could be detrimental to their public personas. Policies are then implemented that are antireligious freedom, anti- due process, anti-free assembly, and, today, anti-Second Amendment, the right to bear arms. These rights shall not be infringed. Instead of making families and communities safer, this backward, gun- grabbing attempt does nothing to harden school security, address our mental health crisis, or reverse the depreciation of our morals and values. No, it does nothing for that, but it tears at the fabric of our Constitution. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to protect the Constitution and vote ``no.''”