EDITORIAL: Stand Up to the President's Assault on the Constitution

Guard Our Freedoms by Protecting the Constitution 
  

BRIDGTON Television - February 20, 2017 - This publication urges all citizens to speak out against President Trump's assault on the First Amendment. We ask all of you to do this, because we need to safeguard the United States Constitution. Trump is danger to the document he's sworn to protect. (see videos below) 

The first amendment to the U.S. Constitution protects and guarantees an independent and free press which is necessary for a strong, and free democracy. The dissemination of knowledge and information from multiple sources safeguards our freedoms.  

Trump has said multiple times, that multiple news outlets are the enemy of the American people. He wants to limit a free press, which is blatantly unconstitutional. During his campaign for president he spoke about changing libel laws to make it easier to sue news organizations, which is also an assault on freedom of the press and the American public trust.

Sen. John McCain recently said, ''...the fact is...We need a free press. We must have it. It's vital."  And, "If you want to preserve — I'm very serious now — if you want to preserve democracy as we know it, you have to have a free and many times adversarial press," McCain said. "And without it, I am afraid that we would lose so much of our individual liberties over time. That's how dictators get started." 

Donald J. Trump is a delusional man and he is fostering a delusion in the American people. It is bad enough that he is a bully who degrades and humiliates women but his unconstitutional comments and dictates could very well spell the end of the American experiment.

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