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President Donald Trump bragged that his administration “took the freedom of speech away” from protesters who burn the American flag during a rant against anti-fascists on Wednesday. While speaking about “antifa-inspired terror” in a meeting on the anti-fascist movement, Trump touted his recent executive order instructing Attorney General Pam Bondi to find ways to prosecute people who burn the…
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No. The executive order (which is illegal) only aims to criminalize disrespectful burning. The supreme court case which makes flag burning legal explicitly points out that the laws criminalizing it are specifically targeting the speech and not the act of burning.
It’s almost like he has no respect for law or reasoning and can’t read.