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Nick Sorter has been in Portland, Oregon a lot recently. He just got assaulted there. He's an independent journalist.

It's a crime in Portland to be a conservative, Tucker. I mean, as weird as that sounds, the video evidence and even the DA has come out.

Brock confirms beneath that video on X that burning a flag is protected speech in this country, saying flag burning in the U.S. is a constitutionally protected First Amendment right over which the president has no authority. The issue has been litigated numerous times throughout history, culminating in the landmark Supreme Court case Johnson in 1989.

Freedom of speech has never been threatened the way it is right now. And he straight up said, we just got rid of it.

The Trump administration's actions in Portland and other cities have sparked protests and legal challenges, with local leaders arguing against federal intervention.

Trump did a recent press conference where he addressed attacks on freedom of speech, which according to him are coming from him. He is the one who was attacking freedom of speech. He said, in case you missed it, we took the freedom of speech away, just like that, just took it away.

The judge's ruling is seen as a necessary defense of constitutional rights and a warning against the erosion of free speech in the U.S.

Trump said earlier: if you take away freedom of speech, the country dies. And today he's saying, we took freedom of speech away.

The legal argument against flag burning, as attempted by Trump, is described as more than flimsy and absurd, highlighting the constitutional protection of free speech despite attempts to prosecute such acts.

The whole point of freedom of speech is to say unpopular things, right? But even if you were to say, okay, look, I don't think it's freedom of speech to burn a flag, even if the Supreme Court disagrees, even if the Constitution disagrees.