9/16/25: They're coming for the 1st Amendment, and they're thrilled

The David Pakman Show

David Pakman

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🗓️ 16 September 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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-- On the Show: -- CBS reporter Nancy Cordes corners Donald Trump with a list of right-wing political violence incidents, showing that most political violence in the U.S. comes from the right -- Trump says he is "not so sure" about the First Amendment when asked about protesters' rights -- Trump and allies discuss labeling opponents and groups as dangerous and using legal tools to target dissent and protest movements -- J.D. Vance urges supporters on The Charlie Kirk Show to report and call the employers of people who "celebrate" Charlie Kirk's killing, effectively endorsing mass doxxing -- Trump tells supporters to "do whatever the hell you want" toward people they dislike, which encourages mob violence and lawlessness -- Gavin Newsom warns that Trump and Stephen Miller plan to rebrand Democrats as terrorists to justify dismantling democratic institutions -- Kash Patel and others claim a missing manifesto proves motive in the Charlie Kirk killing despite no presented chain-of-custody or verifiable evidence -- Rachel Campos-Duffy and Kevin Corke on Fox & Friends push an unfounded narrative that Tyler Robinson's gender identity or hormones caused Charlie Kirk's shooting -- On the Bonus Show: Trump sues the New York Times for $15 billion alleging defamation, Kash Patel gets questioned on Capitol Hill, Kathy Hochul endorses Zohran Mamdani, and much more... 🩳 SHEATH Underwear: Code PAKMAN for 20% OFF at https://sheathunderwear.com/pakman 🛡️ Incogni lets you control your personal data! Get 60% off their annual plan: http://incogni.com/pakman ⚠️ Ground News: Get 40% OFF their unlimited access Vantage plan at https://ground.news/pakman -- Become a Member: https://davidpakman.com/membership -- Subscribe to our (FREE) Substack newsletter: https://davidpakman.substack.com -- Get David's Books: https://davidpakman.com/echo -- TDPS Subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/thedavidpakmanshow -- David on Bluesky: https://davidpakman.com/bluesky -- David on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/davidpakmanshow (00:00) CBS reporter corners Trump on right-wing violence (09:44) Trump questions First Amendment rights (18:50) Allies push to label opponents dangerous (29:51) J.D. Vance pushes mass doxxing (38:37) Trump encourages mob lawlessness (43:48) Newsom warns Trump/Miller plan to brand Democrats terrorists (48:41) Patel pushes unverified manifesto claims (55:57) Fox blames shooter's gender identity Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Well, Donald Trump was just cornered with a list of right-wing political terrorism attacks after he spent weeks trying to build this story where political violence in America comes from the left, Antifa, Black Lives
0:24.2	Matter, flag burners, sort of the usual caricatures. And then yesterday, the entire thing collapsed
0:31.6	because standing in the Oval Office, CBS reporter Nancy Cordes finally did what journalists should have been doing for a very long time.
0:40.4	And that's putting the receipts right in front of Donald Trump.
0:43.9	Now, we've known for a long time that overwhelmingly political violence in the United States
0:48.8	is right wing.
0:50.0	That doesn't mean we excuse left wing instances of it.
0:53.1	It doesn't mean we condone violence.
0:55.0	It doesn't mean that we say that violence of any kind or using guns to solve political or cultural
1:01.4	social problems is okay.
1:03.1	Of course now.
1:03.7	We denounce all political violence, but we also don't miss the forest for the trees and
1:09.7	delude ourselves into believing that this is overwhelmingly
1:12.7	or even disproportionately a left-wing problem. And so Nancy Cord said, hold on, Mr. President.
1:19.7	We have, of course, the assassination of Charlie Kirk, whose motives, by the way, we still don't know.
1:25.7	And as complicated and convoluted as they might be, we still don't know. And as complicated and convoluted as they might be,
1:29.6	we simply don't know right now whether the motivations were left or right wing. But what about
1:35.5	the example of Minnesota Democrat Melissa Hortman just months ago? What about the attack against
1:41.4	Paul Pelosi in his own home? What about the shooting of Gabby Giffords?
1:44.8	What about the attack on the Pennsylvania governor's mansion?
1:48.9	Where, by the way, I was just yesterday with Governor Shapiro looking at where that damage recovery has been taking place and getting a firsthand look at that terrifying arson attack.
2:00.0	What about that?
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