RUSH TRANSCRIPT The democratic ░░░░░░░░ labor party and Republican ░░░░░░░░ both had their annual ░░░░░░░░ at a country club ░░░░░░░░ did not allow Jews ░░░░░░░░ blacks to enter My ░░░░░░░░ complained privately to the ░░░░░░░░ about the fact he ░░░░░░░░ t be able to ░░░░░░░░ to his own retreat ░░░░░░░░ the speaker apologized but ░░░░░░░░ it was a tradition ░░░░░░░░ grandfather the only Jewish ░░░░░░░░ on the chamber spoke ░░░░░░░░ the floor about anti ░░░░░░░░ and booed and cheered ░░░░░░░░ and members left as ░░░░░░░░ tried to speak When ░░░░░░░░ minority leader asked me ░░░░░░░░ manage our time today ░░░░░░░░ thought about my grandfather ░░░░░░░░ how he must have ░░░░░░░░ on that day So ░░░░░░░░ rise not in spite ░░░░░░░░ the fact that I ░░░░░░░░ a Jewish American who ░░░░░░░░ the Constitution and the ░░░░░░░░ democratic state and hates ░░░░░░░░ the anti Semitic tyrants ░░░░░░░░ terrorists in the world ░░░░░░░░ Putin in Russia and ░░░░░░░░ bin salmon in Saudi ░░░░░░░░ but I m here ░░░░░░░░ of everything I believe ░░░░░░░░ and stand for At ░░░░░░░░ moment when democracy is ░░░░░░░░ siege all over the ░░░░░░░░ America must stand tall ░░░░░░░░ the Constitution of the ░░░░░░░░ States and this resolution ░░░░░░░░ about one thing and ░░░░░░░░ thing only the punishment ░░░░░░░░ speech So we have ░░░░░░░░ chance to show the ░░░░░░░░ what the American constitution ░░░░░░░░ and how we hold ░░░░░░░░ to our core principles ░░░░░░░░ when we re drawn ░░░░░░░░ from them by our ░░░░░░░░ and righteous anger the ░░░░░░░░ is the supreme law ░░░░░░░░ the land and at ░░░░░░░░ very heart of it ░░░░░░░░ our First Amendment which ░░░░░░░░ every citizen s freedom ░░░░░░░░ speech and says Congress ░░░░░░░░ make no law abridging ░░░░░░░░ The freedom to speak ░░░░░░░░ the freedom to disagree ░░░░░░░░ right to think radically ░░░░░░░░ from the majority about ░░░░░░░░ things or else it ░░░░░░░░ no freedom at all ░░░░░░░░ s easy to defend ░░░░░░░░ of speech for people ░░░░░░░░ you agree with them ░░░░░░░░ test for each member ░░░░░░░░ is whether you can ░░░░░░░░ freedom of speech for ░░░░░░░░ when you most fundamentally ░░░░░░░░ vehemently disagree with them.