WEBVTT - Carol Platt Liebau: Reckless Rhetoric

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<v Speaker 1>This is Carol Platt Lebou for town hall dot com.

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<v Speaker 1>Our First Amendment is a cherished guarantee. Every American has

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<v Speaker 1>the right to criticize elected officials, even in harsh terms,

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<v Speaker 1>so long as there's no incitement to imminent violence. But

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<v Speaker 1>having a right to say something doesn't necessarily make it

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<v Speaker 1>right to say, and too many in our cultural elite

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<v Speaker 1>have normalized reckless rhetoric about President Trump, among others. ABC

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<v Speaker 1>host Jimmy Kimmel recently joked about the First Lady becoming

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<v Speaker 1>an expectant widow. Congressman Dan Goldman called for Trump to

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<v Speaker 1>be eliminated from public life. Former President Biden urged putting

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<v Speaker 1>Trump in the bull's eye. None of that is illegal,

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<v Speaker 1>nor are they responsible for a criminal's actions. But after

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<v Speaker 1>three attempts on President Trump's life, left wing elites should

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<v Speaker 1>ask themselves whether flirting with assassination rhetoric is morally defensible,

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<v Speaker 1>even if they have every right to engage in it.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Carol Platt Leebau