Walz: ‘There’s No Guarantee To Free Speech’ If Democrats Don’t Like What You Say

Democrat vice presidential hopeful and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz believes speech the government dislikes is not protected by the First Amendment.

Walz joined MSNBC’s “The Reid Out” in 2023 and was asked how he would “ensure” there would be “penalties” for spreading so-called “disinformation” such as incorrect polling locations or times.

“Yeah, years ago it was the little things — telling people to vote the day after the election — and, you know, we kind of brushed them off. Now we know it’s intimidation at the ballot box. It’s undermining the idea that mail-in ballots aren’t legal. I think we need to push back on this,” Walz said in the clip, which recently recirculated on social media.

“There’s no guarantee to free speech on misinformation or hate speech, and especially around our democracy,” Walz continued. “Tell the truth where the voting places are, who can vote, who is able to be there. And watching some states continue to weaken the protections around the ballot I think is what is inspiring us to lean into this.”

Kings of Misinformation

The irony is that the biggest purveyors of election lies are Democrats. They are the ones who called Georgia’s election integrity law, which led to historic early voter turnout, “Jim Crow in the 21st century.” They are the historic “election deniers,” the ones who pretend black Americans don’t know how to acquire IDs, and the ones who claim voter roll maintenance is “disenfranchisement,” among many other false