“The President absolutely believes in the First Amendment.
For himself.
the President also believes in making sure that information is accurate before pushing it out as fact when it certainly and clearly is not
Not for himself.
“The President absolutely believes in the First Amendment…"
“…but, for G-d’s sake, don’t even get him started on that Twenty-Fifth one!”
What she means is that Short-Fingered Vulgarian has a First Amendment right to ruin the life and reputation of anyone who says something he doesn’t like.
To paraphrase Neil DeGrasse Tyson…
The good thing about the First Amendment is that it’s true whether or not you believe in it.
“The 1st Amendment is very important because it is the first! So it is very very great and strong, because when it became Number One, that meant that it was very very strong and important, and I understand that! They did a terrific job making those Amendments so when they picked the First One, they picked the best! It’s very very terrific and so many people tell me it is, so it must be!”
(pulls lip, rolls eyes, stands up, sits down, asks for a Diet Coke, leaves the room, comes back in, asks if he can have some cake…)
It is absolutely unbelievable that this, this…I don’t even have a word for this creature…can cold bloodedly stand there and lie and lie and lie like this.
There will be a special place in Hell for this one too…
Co-signed. It doesn’t make a whit of difference what the president* says he “believes” about it. This is still a country of laws, not men, until the GOP and Trump try to change that, too.
From the TPM front page just now. These klowns are now self-parodying in real time.
“The President absolutely believes in the First Amendment. "
"And here is the president on t.v. to speak to you about it in his own words: ‘I absolutely believe in the First Amendment. I absolutely believe in the First Amendment. The First Amendment–absolutely believe in it, absolutely, first, first, olive oil, winning! No collusion! No collusion! What time is it? Is it time yet for Ivanka’s special wake up in the morning? I believe absolutely in the First Amendment. I absolutely believe in the First Amendment. Wait, which one is that again?’
You beat me to it!
I want to hear him recite the First Amendment and explain it then.
I don’t believe you, you lying cow.
Or Article XII. He’s really big on that one.
So the guy who became the most prominent subscriber to the racist, slanderous Birther movement against our only AA President is now panicking because someone is saying bad things about him? Things that, by and large, happen to be true by the way.
Somehow PBO let it all roll off his broad shoulders, but not this idiot. He needs his pound of flesh.
Still trying to loosen up those libel laws, though. For instance…a so-called president - only those named Trump - should be able to sue anyone he wants for telling the truth about him if he doesn’t like what he hears or for any other reason whatsoever. And…he should automatically win and get vast sums of money, a free round of golf, a Big Mac and a tub of KFC.
OH, FFS! He “believes”. I hate the press allowing that stupid word to be used in place of “understand”, as in “believing” or “not believing” in climate change, evolution, etc. I don’t give a fu*k what he believes, the real question, never asked, is what do you understand and know based on the information presented?
I want to hear him recite the alphabet backwards.
As if. There is no way he could.
Ms Hamhock, if your boss sues to try to stop publication of a book critical of him then it’s axiomatic your boss does not support the first amendment and therefore has contravened his oath of office.
I doubt trump could do it forwards.