Jake Tapper: ‘Disappointing’ How Only Few Conservative Voices Are Defending Free Speech Today

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TAPPER: "We can’t have this in America if we want to have a free press. Bill O’Reilly was absolutely right then, although he has the opposite take now. Now he says that the mainstream news media is abusing the First Amendment, so Trump has every right to do what he’s doing. I will observe that if you stand for principles only when they benefit you, you’re not actually in possession of those principles, you’re only borrowing them. They’re not yours You’re using them. It is disappointing how few voices there are in conservative media who are protesting President Trump on any of this. I mean, after all, as Glenn Beck said..."

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BECK: "They’ve either become such cowards that they’re willing to play along to get along or they’re enjoying their new role as lapdogs for this administration rather than watchdogs for the republic."
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TAPPER: "Once again, amen, brother."