Trump declares US in 'culture war,' says flying Confederate flag 'freedom of speech'

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

As President Donald Trump ramps up rhetoric stoking racial divisions in the country, asked directly to give his personal stance on the Confederate battle flag's place in society, Trump said, for him, it's "very simple -- it's freedom of speech."

"You do what you do, it's freedom of speech. NASCAR can do whatever they want, and they've chosen to go a certain way, other people choose to go a different route, but it's freedom of speech," Trump told Nexstar in an interview Tuesday, on the heels of a controversial tweet appearing to criticize the racing giant for banning the flag.

In a separate interview Tuesday, the president also declared, "We are in a culture war."

The flag has become a flash point in that increasingly bitter debate -- amplified by Trump as he tries to regain lost ground in a reelection campaign dominated by how he's dealt with the pandemic.

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I don't think this is the hill you want to die on dotard. But then if you want to commit suicide in a blaze of glory go right ahead,

[Skittles]

1. he cares more about dead confederates than he does about live Americans

sick piece of shit

[Thomas Hurt]

2. says the prick who attacks the press under the color of law and the office

of the POTUS...

[grizzyboy]

3. We have a virus that has killed 130,000 people and he takes the time to talk about NASCAR

to appeal to people that still haven't gotten over losing a war over slavery

[handmade34]

4. no moral compass...

[Wounded Bear]

5. I don't believe any private citizens have been prohibited from flying the flag yet...

At least not by any government entity. NASCAR is a private corporation, their decision is not a 1st Amendment violation.

Changing the Mississippi flag is not a violation either, since it is being done by the government to a government symbol.

You're outnumbered, Donnie. Fuck you.

[Phoenix61]

6. I don't care what hill he picks. Just get on with it. nt

[Ferrets are Cool]

7. I wish the election were being held tomorrow.

For a multitude of reasons.

[ProfessorGAC]

8. Another Thing He Knows Nothing About

Freedom of speech is a protection of rights prohibiting the government from prohibiting speech.
We all know this.
NASCAR is a private entity.
We all know this.
1st amendment protections of freedom of speech were not intended to apply to private entities.
We all know this.
But the moron with the million watt megaphone does not.

[tulipsandroses]

9. Not too long ago, he was defending the Official American Flag from kneeling sons of bitches at NFL

games.
Now he's defending the confederate flag at Nascar games. You can't make this shit up.

[Girard442]

10. Can I burn it, Donnie?