The ridiculous "free speech" defense of Trump

People like Rand Paul would like to pretend that Trump’s words have no real significance and that he didn’t do anything much different than any other run-of-the-mill politico.

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They want you to think that saying “Go, fight, win!” means the same thing when said on the sidelines of a football field as it does when barked by the commander-in-chief to a group of men and women, some of them armed, all of them with a grievance, who believe they are on a mission from God to rescue their country from evil.

They want you to believe that Trump is something like a mere “private citizen” who mistakenly yelled “Fire!” in a crowded theater, when what Trump really did is like pulling all the alarms, pumping up a smoke machine, and cranking the thermostat to trick people into believing they would perish if they didn’t immediately follow his lead.

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