“The First Amendment absolutely protects speech,” Cruz said Tuesday at POLITICO’s AI & Tech Summit in Washington. “It absolutely protects hate speech. It protects vile speech. It protects horrible speech. What does that mean? It means you cannot be prosecuted for speech, even if it is evil and bigoted and wrong.”
Not always true. Saying "I hate Jews" is protected (and if said by someone against Trump, you'd cheer for the guy_. Saying "Death to the Jews!" is not protected because it's an incitement and that's not covered. You can be prosecuted for speech if it encourages people to violence.
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