Sen Ted Cruise (R-Texas) on Tuesday defended indecent language protection under the Constitution, but said that he supports illegal consequences for those who celebrate the death of Orthodox activist Charlie Kirk.
“The first amendment completely protects the speech,” cruise Said at the AI & Tech Summit in Politico On Tuesday.
“It completely protects the abusive language,” he continued. “This Vile protects the speech. It protects the terrible speech. What does it mean? This means that you cannot be sued for speech, even if it is evil and big and wrong.”
A hot debate on free speech safety has been raised in recent times People who justify political violence In view of the deadly shooting of Kirk.
Attorney General Palm Bondi on Monday Suggested disgusting speech On a podcast, it was not protected under the law saying, “We will target you completely, go after you, if you are targeting anyone with abusive language.”
He later clarified the comments, said on Tuesday, “The disgusting speech that crosses the line in the dangers of violence is not protected by the first amendment. It is a crime.”
Cruise shook the most of the ideological leftists who celebrated Kirk’s murder or suggested that he was worthy of dying for his political views, but he advocated illegal results for those individuals.
“We have seen, as you have seen, people across the country, not everyone – not everyone – but many people are celebrating Charlie Kirk’s murder,” Kruz said. “We have seen teachers in high schools and primary schools celebrating online. We have seen the professors of the university posting.”
“In my view, they must face absolutely consequences to celebrate the murder,” he said.
Cruise gave an example of a university student, who wears clothes in a clox clan outfit, burns a cross and advocated to kill black people.
“Under the first amendment, you cannot be prosecuted for this, so you will not go to jail to do so,” Cruz said. “But you know what? You can be expelled to him exactly, and you should be.”
Cruise advocated more “naming and cinematography”, citing the English philosopher John Stuart Mill, who said the best response to bad speeches is more speech.
“And naming and cinematography is part of a functioning and lively democracy,” Kruz said.
