Ramaswamy attacks DeSan­tis and Haley as ‘fair-weath­er fans’ of free speech ahead of debate

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Repub­li­can pres­i­den­tial can­di­date Vivek Ramaswamy attacked two fel­low GOP pres­i­den­tial can­di­dates for being “fair-weath­er fans” of free speech ahead of the third Repub­li­can debate next week.
Ramaswamy accused both Gov. Ron DeSan­tis (R‑FL) and for­mer South Car­oli­na Gov. Nik­ki Haley of “text­book con­sti­tu­tion­al vio­la­tions” for recent actions in an op-ed for the Wall Street Jour­nal on Fri­day.
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DeSan­tis recent­ly called for the chan­cel­lors of state uni­ver­si­ties in Flori­da to deac­ti­vate chap­ters of the Stu­dents for Jus­tice in Pales­tine, cit­ing their “mate­r­i­al sup­port to a des­ig­nat­ed for­eign ter­ror­ist orga­ni­za­tion.” Haley, on the oth­er hand, called for pulling tax-exempt sta­tus from schools that did not work to “com­bat anti­semitism” while con­tin­u­ing to allow free speech.
“SJP’s views are repug­nant, but the First Amend­ment is nec­es­sary to pro­tect speech we hate. That’s why hate groups, pornog­ra­phers, and teenage pro­test­ers fea­ture so promi­nent­ly in First Amend­ment lit­i­ga­tion. As Thomas Jef­fer­son explained: ‘We have not …