Why Ron DeSantis and Musk are ‘Free Speech’ hypocrites: Ari Melber’s legal breakdown

I am almost exclusively a defender of free speach. Even those expressions i find reprehensable because i want to know whom those who say things that go against every notion of decency, like white seperatists and what they usually say. I want to know what they look like and where they live. But i want to carve out one exception to unrestricted free speach. That being that i think there should be strict and binding rules as they would pertain to Politicians, Political Appointees, and Political Canidates and all staff related to those three categories. We have to think of it as an Employer-Employee scenario. Let us say we "own" the company, we "hire" the employee and then we give them the "company handbook" which states with reprocussions, violations of "company policy" and that is the Forbidding of Desiminating False Information and/or Lying in the public forum for Personal or Political Gain for any reason at any time as long as they are employed with our "company." Violating those rules would, as in any company grounds for discaplinary action, up to and including termination. It is the same as if sworn into a court room where the 1rst admendment is not applicable. In court you have to tell the truth and failing to do so may just make you wind up in jail. This is something our country needs and if such a law was in effect regarding Politics we certainly would not be dealing with what we are dealing with now and have endured for decades. This is not a naive thought. This is also not rocket science and if you believe that any Politician, Appointee, or Canidate should have carte' blanche' to lie to you and your fellow constituents then i question your integrety and your intelligence.

A shackle free franchise is essential to a Democracy. 'Free Speech' is the essential ingredient to promote this right to vote.

In direct words: "It IS a violation of free speech rights to violate free speech". get it through your thick skulls.

Rich a$$holes behaving as such has been normalized and glorified by musk, trump, tate, and the "Right" in general. Clarence Thomas is a perfect example, and his past and the right looking the other way, but attacking Bill Clinton was just the same old hypocricy…..

Elon Musk needs to have everything of his seized. That freak having that much influence over the course of humanity is just disgusting and dangerous.

Elon simps are even worse than elon himself. Sick in the head.

Private investing is the best way to go about the market right now, especially for near retirees, I've been in touch with a wealth manager, netted 370k the last downturn, made it clear there's more to the markets than we average joes know.

Desantis and Musk are fascists. P

These un punished immature bullies have been allowed for too long to speak…time to shut them down..if you support these disgusting wastes of oxygen don't think you won't be next ..if you wanna control people you're in the wrong country GET OUT

People wake up for this country our fathers fought for our freedom of speech don’t let these people take it away got to see other countries news global ,Australian,Wion so much more out there going on our media not telling us

Wonderful story, Ari. And more relevant than ever. Well done, and thank you.

,,, … and Clarence th' super-FH sadly survived …

,,, Ari th' main – but … what's wid dat TIE? …