Senator Mark Kelly
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Now we have these roaming bands of ICE agents just violating people's rights across the country.
Yeah, not you specifically.
Yeah, not you specifically.
You're just an example that they want to send to all journalists.
You're just an example that they want to send to all journalists.
They want to get that reporter out there, whether it's some young, brand new person out of journalism school or some person that's been doing this for 30 years, 40 years, to make a decision not to write the story, not to ask the question, not to go to the place where they can get the information so they can share it with the American people so we can continue to have a democracy beyond this 250 years.
They want to get that reporter out there, whether it's some young, brand new person out of journalism school or some person that's been doing this for 30 years, 40 years, to make a decision not to write the story, not to ask the question, not to go to the place where they can get the information so they can share it with the American people so we can continue to have a democracy beyond this 250 years.
They're trying to chill free speech, First Amendment speech rights.
They're trying to chill free speech, First Amendment speech rights.
But freedom of the press
But freedom of the press
is so critical.
is so critical.
I mean, these two things, speech and the press, holds it all together.
I mean, these two things, speech and the press, holds it all together.
And some of these other rights that we have flow out of that without accurate information.
And some of these other rights that we have flow out of that without accurate information.
How can the American people make any decisions about what the future of this country should be if they do not know what's going on?
How can the American people make any decisions about what the future of this country should be if they do not know what's going on?
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