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avebury

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5. He does have the right of free speech, he does not have the

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #2)

Sun Sep 24, 2017, 09:53 AM

Sep 2017

right to violate his oath of office. If he does not want to protect and defend the US Constitution then he needs to step down.

Free Speech is one thing, violating an oath of office is totally different. He wants companies to fire employees because employees exercise their Constitutional right to free speech in a non-violent way. That would be termination without cause and a violation of the employees Constitutional rights.

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Did Trump violate his oath of office with his football comments? [View all] avebury Sep 2017 OP

Agreed. nt tomp Sep 2017 #1

The First Amendment give Trump the right to speak out as well... brooklynite Sep 2017 #2

He does have the right of free speech, he does not have the avebury Sep 2017 #5

His oath of office is not violated if he only sxpresses his opinion... brooklynite Sep 2017 #7

Trump the man has expressed an opinion. avebury Sep 2017 #8

Trump is dividing the country Gothmog Sep 2017 #3

Trump works very hard to violate his oath daily Orrex Sep 2017 #4

Whoa--looks like I was dead wrong about this! Orrex Sep 2017 #9

Who cares...gop obviously doesn't and they have the votes dembotoz Sep 2017 #6