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Sure, I just [00:28] patted you nicely. I know, but I don't want to be. I [00:31] don't- You want me to get arrested [ CROSS TALK ] [00:32] He'll beat me up I didn't say that- So mad. You're not [00:35] going to silence me. You're not going to silence [00:35] America. You are like, you are literally like little [00:37] gangster thug There are people in this country- Rubio [00:41] just threatened to physically take care of me There are [00:43] people- Look at that! Who feel that they're being- [00:44] [ INAUDIBLE ] first amendment They are being [00:46] [ INAUDIBLE ] He tells you China's the problem, which it [00:48] is, but they're taking our free speech right now. [00:50] [ INAUDIBLE ] Companies like Google, social media [00:51] platforms, Facebook- There goes Rubio. Twitter. The [00:51] one thing is to say we're gonna go after foreign [00:54] interference designed to [ INAUDIBLE ]- But it's already [00:57] going on here. Another thing is to say- The Democrats [00:58] are raping the Republicans. We're gonna go after free [01:00] speech Because at some point, someone [01:01] [ CROSSTALK ] has to make a determination what's the [01:03] difference between, you know, misinformation from [01:06] abroad and differences of opinion within the United [01:08] States. [ CROSSTALK ] A very fine line, and that's [01:10] something we need to be careful about, we don't [01:12] overreach in that direction. [ CROSSTALK ] But then he [01:13] doesn't know about InfoWars being banned. He [01:14] doesn't know about the top news story in the country. [01:17] Not just how they apply that within the United States. [01:19] Infowars. com, bigger than ever. That they don't [01:20] become agents of authoratarian regimes abroad to [01:23] crack down on free speech. Because. I wonder how [01:25] Rubio got so mad at me and threatened me physically. [01:26] There's a balance between what is free speech [01:31] and what people disagree on. Poor Rubio. Okay. [01:32] [ CROSSTALK ] Thank you. Yeah, I've got to go [01:34] [ CROSSTALK ] You guys can talk to this clown. Yeah, [01:34] ha ha ha. Luke's a little frat boy, so cool. Go [01:39] back to your bathhouse. Compromise the [01:44] bathhouses. There goes Rubio, little punk. Anyways. [01:48] You gotta love people that come from authoritarian [01:52] regimes and then they don't even appreciate America. [01:54] [ CROSSTALK ] Freedom of speech. 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