Pete Buttigieg

There might be moments that they got that wrong or went too far.

But right now we're in a moment where the president of the United States doesn't like being criticized by a comedian and has the head of the FCC, which regulates corporations that are trying to buy TV networks, go out and threaten them and say, we can do this the easy way or the hard way.

But right now we're in a moment where the president of the United States doesn't like being criticized by a comedian and has the head of the FCC, which regulates corporations that are trying to buy TV networks, go out and threaten them and say, we can do this the easy way or the hard way.

I mean, that is a whole different level of censorship, not to mention just

I mean, that is a whole different level of censorship, not to mention just

the way they've gone through like every government website, right?

the way they've gone through like every government website, right?

And deleted anything that could accidentally be a reference to climate change.

And deleted anything that could accidentally be a reference to climate change.

So, you know, I'm worried about the false equivalencies here.

So, you know, I'm worried about the false equivalencies here.

You could definitely say there were moments under the last administration or any administration where we could argue that having fidelity to free speech, you know, you should have done this way instead of that way, or these edge cases should have been different.

You could definitely say there were moments under the last administration or any administration where we could argue that having fidelity to free speech, you know, you should have done this way instead of that way, or these edge cases should have been different.

But I am nervous that anybody would equate

But I am nervous that anybody would equate

A president trying to direct the destruction, not only of journalists, but of comedians that he doesn't like, with public health authorities in a public health emergency that killed a million Americans doing their best to try to make sure that people got good public health information.

A president trying to direct the destruction, not only of journalists, but of comedians that he doesn't like, with public health authorities in a public health emergency that killed a million Americans doing their best to try to make sure that people got good public health information.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I mean, you rightly said, you know, folks like Bernie are to my left.