ICYMI: Sen. Cruz on Fox Discussing Bergdahl Release and Free Speech

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, last night spoke with Megyn Kelly regarding the Obama Administration's deal to release Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl and the Democrats' proposed amendment to the Constitution that would repeal individual free speech protections enshrined in the First Amendment. See highlights below.

On Sgt. Bergdahl's release:

"This entire deal is extremely troubling. The President decided to make a deal with terrorists... and we released five senior Taliban terrorists.... How many soldiers lost their lives to capture these five Taliban terrorists? And how many soldiers may lose their lives in the future if and when these Taliban return to making war against Americans?"

On the First Amendment:

"[The Democrats] filed an amendment to the Constitution that would repeal the free speech protections of the First Amendment.... This should trouble everyone - elected Democrats are trying to give Congress the power to muzzle citizens, to muzzle both Planned Parenthood and the National Right to Life, to muzzle the NRA and the Brady Center for Handgun Control, to muzzle labor unions, to muzzle individual citizens, to ban books and movies, and that is contrary to the most fundamental protections our democracy is built on."

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