Kamala Harris claims Trump would try to take away right to free speech, gun ownership

Veep Kamala Harris connected Monday said Donald Trump will effort to gut nan First and Second Amendments if elected — moreover though she herself has a grounds of cracking down connected free reside and backing weapon restrictions.

“When he says he wants to terminate nan Constitution of nan United States? You cognize what that would mean? In nan Constitution of nan United States is your Fourth Amendment correct against unreasonable hunt and seizure, your Fifth Amendment correct [to owed process], your Sixth Amendment correct to an attorney. Right?” Harris said successful an question and reply pinch nan Club Shay Shay podcast.

“The First Amendment [right to free speech], nan Second Amendment [right to carnivore arms],” nan Democratic nominee continued, specifically noting that she is “in favor” of nan Second Amendment.

“He wants to terminate nan Constitution of nan United States,” Harris said.

The Democratic vice president has agelong based on nan GOP erstwhile president would fundamentally alteration nan American Constitution but had not antecedently specifically claimed he would spell aft nan First and Second Amendments, particularly arsenic galore successful her statement want to betterment weapon rights.

US presidents tin not alteration nan Constitution, arsenic nan amendment powers remainder pinch Congress. What a president could do is rumor executive orders that pertain to really nan rule is interpreted, but moreover those orders would person to beryllium constitutionally sound.

Harris has been coating herself arsenic nan protector of nan Constitution and often mentioned that she is simply a weapon proprietor — but her profession successful San Francisco says otherwise.

As territory lawyer successful 2006, she supported Proposition H, which would person banned residents from transferring aliases trading handguns.

The Harris/Biden management was besides progressive successful moving pinch social-media platforms to ace down connected free reside during nan COVID-19 pandemic.

Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg said nan White House “pressured” nan institution to “censor” immoderate contented astir nan pandemic.

Harris besides called connected Twitter to suspend Trump’s relationship successful 2019 and said she wanted to support social-media platforms “accountable” for hateful posts.

“Kamala conscionable claimed that President Trump will return distant nan 1st amendment and 2nd amendment,” nan Trump “War Room” account connected X wrote Monday. “Her management censored group who criticized their covid policies — She is connected camera aggregate times saying she wants weapon confiscation. What a joke.”

Trump’s run website states he would reason nan national authorities from censoring Americans, and nan erstwhile president has agelong complained social-media companies from banning him shape their platforms.

“We will prohibition nan Federal Government from colluding pinch anyone to censor Lawful Speech, defund institutions engaged successful censorship, and clasp accountable each bureaucrats progressive pinch forbidden censoring. We will protect Free Speech online,” his Agenda 47 level states.

The connection “gun” is not mentioned successful Trump’s charismatic level connected his website, but nan erstwhile president has spoken retired successful favour of reducing restrictions connected conceal transportation laws and has emphasized nan correct for Americans to limb themselves.