Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) Weighs the Attorney General Palm Bondi’s “”.Hate speech“Comments on Tuesday, saying that the US is not” the disorganized approach to sensor and silence “.
Bondi clarified his comment Katie Miller’s PodcastWhere he indicated that the hatred speech could be prosecuted under the law.
Bandy said on the social platform X, “The abusive language that crosses the line in the dangers of violence is not protected by the first amendment. It is a crime.”
“For a very long time, we have seen radical leftists in general, calling for murders, and happy on political violence,” he continued. “That era is over.”
Explanation came after he was received CriticismSome are also included Gop MPs And political commentator, on the comment on podcast, organized by the wife of the White House advisor Stephen Miller, free expression.
Bandy said in an episode released on Monday, “There is a free speech and then hatred speech, and there is no place, especially now, what happened to Charlie, especially in our society,”.
When asked about Bandy’s comments on Tuesday in Capital and where the line is with free speech, Johnson said he “arrives as a former law -offer on the issue who defended the free speech in courts.”
“for a couple [of] Decades, we defended religious freedom and speech that some people are considered inappropriate, “Johnson told reporters.” Look, in America, this is a very important part of our tradition that we do not do – it is a conservative principle and is definitely an American theory – we do not censors and prevent the outlook of silence. ,
“People in America are allowed to say crazy things, now said, if I am an employer or I am a government agency, and I have someone in my employee who is celebrating the heinous murder of an innocent person, a young husband and father online,” he said that last week is mentioned. Conservative worker murdered Charlie Kirk in Utah. “I can decide that they are not worth working for me,”
“They should not represent my company or my agency, and I have every right to do so, and I think it’s appropriate.”
With criticism, some orthodox affected and commentators have called Bondi to resign. Attorney General has faced earlier Shock On the handling of justice department of Jeffrey Epstein documents.
Johnson said on Tuesday, “This is not a government sensoring speech, it is personal behavior and decoration, and you have the right to implement it.” “So, I don’t think it is a violation of the main principles for appropriate measures for people when they work online like crazy people.”
He said, “And it is dependent on employers and these private businesses and these, you know, those who make those decisions.”
