LEMON DROP | Don On The Scene: Senator Jacky Rosen Says Trump Is NOT A King!
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How is the First Amendment at risk under efforts to silence critics?
You're fired up, Congresswoman. Why?
Why? Because our First Amendment, entire First Amendment, is at risk because of someone who thinks they're the king. Now, the founding fathers, how smart were they? They said, the First Amendment, freedom of speech, freedom of peaceful assembly, freedom of religion. They knew how important this was for a democracy to be able to have that thought and ideas and debate And we're here today talking about censorship. Russia, China, you don't say what the dear leader, what they like. We know. We've seen President Xi. There's been people sitting next to him. And then all of a sudden, they're just not in the next day's picture. And nobody knows where they go. This is what Donald Trump is doing. He is not a king.
I know he was just with King Charles, but he is not a king. He is our president.
Why does Senator Jacky Rosen say 'Trump is not a king' and what examples does she use?
We have a First Amendment right. And how dare Brendan Carr act like he's from one of those gangster movies. We can do this the easy way or we can do this the hard way about your license. We don't threaten private business. Our art, our entertainment, our theater, and thank God for our comedy and commentators. This is the sweet spot of democracy, all of it.
Yeah, I agree. But apparently, this is who we are now, because who's going to stop you?
I'm here. I'm here. You're here. And we are going to do everything we can. And I can tell you this. I sit on the Commerce Committee. And Ted Cruz, Senator Cruz, is the chairman of the Commerce Committee, and we have oversight over the FCC. He is a big proponent, supposedly, of free speech. I send a letter to Chairman Cruz demanding that we have Brendan Carr come and talk about what he said. I've also sent letters to Nexstar and Disney asking if they were privately threatened. I want to get to the bottom of this. This is not what the government does. This is not what we're supposed to do. Of course, you're not supposed to yell fire in a crowded theater. But this is not Donald Trump's personal mafia. Whatever the hell he's doing, we can do it the easy way or the hard way.
Come on.
I've never seen you this way. Yeah.
Well, like I said, never mistake being nice for not being tough. And our democracy and the the I want to say the beautiful mix of all the voices, all the cultures, everything that we are. This is our secret sauce, all of that. And if we don't stand up for it. then who are we? And I am not going to go down not standing up for it.
Well, let me go. I'm going to rile you up a little bit more because there's something that I want to show you. I'm going to read to you what the president said earlier. The president said, this is on Air Force One. When you have a network and you have evening shows and all they do is hit Trump, that's all they do. If you go back, I guess they haven't had a conservative one in years or something. When you go back and take a look, all they do is hit Trump. They're licensed. They're not allowed to do that.
Their license has nothing to do with the content of their comedy or their expression. Look, you're on television, so many other shows. We have shows of every type. We are allowed to do that. There are censorship rules, sure, and we abide by them, but he doesn't get to dictate the rules. That's not how it works. And I want to tell you, if you go back, I want to say not just four years ago, eight years ago, 12 years ago, go back to, well... Johnny Carson, we'll go back way back clock. Before him, Jack Carr, right? We'll go to the super way back clock. Go back to radio shows, probably. They were always making fun of politicians. I would think if you go back to some of the Greek and Roman, if you look back in history, they're like, both the bums out there were always arguing and complaining and doing all those things.
This is nothing new under the sun. And can you imagine if President Biden would have called out someone on Fox News who... may have said just a couple of days ago, we should kill homeless people by lethal, involuntary lethal injection. And they don't even get a peep out of the president for saying that.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
How is the First Amendment at risk under efforts to silence critics?
0:13–1:03
2
Why does Senator Jacky Rosen say 'Trump is not a king' and what examples does she use?
1:03–6:15
3
What actions is Senator Rosen taking with Congress and the FCC over alleged censorship?
6:15–10:56
4
How has political satire and comedy historically protected democracy and why is it important now?
10:56–15:23
5
What role do boycotts and viewer choice play when people threaten to cancel networks like Disney or ABC?
15:23–15:48
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