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Trump denounces first amendment right to burn American flag

  Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton were both terrible candidates for President.

They both were a great reason to vote for a 3rd party candidate.

Sounds like Trump is going to be just as bad as Obama and his predecessor Bush.

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Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag - if they do, there must be consequences - perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail!

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Trump denounces first amendment right to burn American flag

Associated Press 7:44 a.m. MST November 29, 2016

President-elect Donald Trump says that anyone who burns an American flag should face unspecified "consequences," such as jail or a loss of citizenship.

The president-elect's tweet is a direct conflict with free speech rights guaranteed by the First Amendment to the Constitution. It comes as he prepares to name a secretary of state.

He tweets: "Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag - if they do, there must be consequences - perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail!" It was not clear what prompted the tweet Tuesday morning.

The Supreme Court ruled in 1989 that flag-burning is protected by the First Amendment.

Donald J. Trump ✔ @realDonaldTrump

Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag - if they do, there must be consequences - perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail!

4:55 AM - 29 Nov 2016

50,761 50,761 Retweets

140,671 140,671 likes

Wisconsin congressman Sean Duffy suggested on CNN's "New Day" Tuesday that Trump's tweet was wrong. He said, "We want to protect those people who want to protest....I disagree with Mr. Trump on that."

Duffy is the chairman of the House Financial Services Committee's panel on oversight and investigations.

 


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