"Bondi drew criticism from across the political spectrum after declaring on a podcast Monday that there's free speech and then there's hate speech, and there is no place, especially now, especially after what happened to Charlie [Kirk], in our society. The statement came as conservatives spotlighted a fringe of individuals online who had cheered the assassination of Kirk. On Tuesday, Bondi attempted to reframe her comments in a statement on X by arguing that threats of violence are not protected speech,"
"Pam Bondi, look what she's done within the MAGA movement. First we've got Epstein, where she said, I've got the list on my desk.' Then she trashes the legacy of Charlie Kirk. If Charlie cook said, I want a legacy', he probably would have said free speech, right? He would have said, I want it to be that you can go out and say whatever you want to say and in America there are no handcuffs.'"
Attorney General Pam Bondi declared on a podcast that there is free speech and then there is hate speech, saying hate speech has no place, citing the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Conservatives highlighted online users who celebrated the assassination. Bondi later said threats of violence are not protected speech in a statement on X while trying to reframe her comments. Commentators from both sides warned that conflating hate speech with threatening speech is dangerous. Claire McCaskill criticized Bondi for undermining Kirk's free-speech legacy and faulted President Trump for backing Bondi instead of providing leadership.
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