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In Their Own Words: Trump and Top Officials Change Tone on Free Speech

19 September 2025 at 05:00
In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, the president’s pledges to guarantee free speech have been replaced by efforts to suppress — and even criminalize — what their critics have to say.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

President Trump speaking to members of the media this week. In his inauguration speech, he vowed to “immediately stop all government censorship and bring back free speech to America.”
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