“Endowed by the founders”
Deadline: White House
Nicolle Wallace, MS NOW
4.5 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 18 September 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Hi there, everyone. How are we doing? It's 4 o'clock in New York. Anyone, anyone |
| 0:12.0 | with a profound privilege of sitting in a chair like this one felt something shift over the last 16 hours. |
| 0:20.9 | Because this afternoon, it is abundantly clear to everyone, |
| 0:24.5 | not just people who sit in chairs like this one, |
| 0:26.4 | but every single American. |
| 0:29.8 | But the First Amendment in the hands of this current administration |
| 0:33.9 | isn't what it used to be. |
| 0:34.8 | It does not protect an individual's right to speak freely. |
| 0:39.8 | That right endowed by the founders enshrined in the Constitution fought for, bled for |
| 0:44.9 | of the course of centuries is markedly different. |
| 0:48.7 | It is diminished today, leaving everyone, journalists and citizens alike, to wonder, where are we and what happens now? |
| 0:58.4 | Just as importantly, right now, there are ruptures of trust, some visible, some loud, some particularly notable, |
| 1:06.0 | between Donald Trump and some of his most ardent supporters who believed him when he said this in his inaugural address. |
| 1:14.5 | After years and years of illegal and unconstitutional federal efforts to restrict free expression, |
| 1:21.2 | I will also sign an executive order to immediately stop all government censorship and bring back free speech to America. |
| 1:35.3 | Today, nine months after he said that, Donald Trump and his administration are cheering the |
| 1:41.8 | decision of Disney's ABC to pull pull Jimmy Kimmel live off the air |
| 1:46.1 | indefinitely for comments the late night host made about the motivations of the man accused of |
| 1:51.4 | murdering right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, before we play those comments that ended Jimmy Kimmel's |
| 1:58.4 | run at ABC, understand the context in the background. |
| 2:02.3 | Hours before we learned that Jimmy Kimmel would be forcibly thrown off the air, |
| 2:06.7 | Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr threatened to, quote, |
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