Conservative talkshow host Erick Erickson tore into “moron” Attorney General Pam Bondi on Monday after she claimed “hate speech” did not count as “free speech” and would be targeted by her office.
“Someone needs to explain to Ms. Bondi that so-called ‘hate speech,’ repulsive though it may be, is protected by the First Amendment. She should know this,” weighed in Fox News chief political analyst Brit Hume
They want to be able to arrest their political opponents for saying mean things about them, but if California or NY used the same standard and arrested people in their states for actual hate speech the right wing outrage machine would go into an instant meltdown.