It was a fittingly strange night for politics in America on Tuesday, as the nation’s supposed champions of freedom gathered in the ring, with over 43.15 million spectators watching. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, perhaps needing a crash course on his own nation’s Constitution, took an ill-advised swing at the First Amendment during the vice presidential debate. Walz asserted, once again, his enduring but erroneous belief that “hate speech” is somehow not protected under the First Amendment. Somewhere, James Madison must have sighed.
This week, Walz found himself across from JD Vance, the vice presidential candidate running with Donald Trump. Vance, who clearly has been prepping for this bout, came out swinging—not just at Walz, but at the entire ethos of censorship infecting American politics.
