The White House slammed a question on Wednesday about whether President Donald Trump backs free speech and the First Amendment.
“Of course, the president supports peaceful protests,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said during the afternoon news briefing. “What a stupid question.”
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Still, Leavitt fielded several reporters’ questions about the Los Angeles riots.
Trump raised eyebrows the day before by saying anyone who protests his planned military parade on Saturday in Washington, D.C., would be “met with very big force,” making no distinction between peaceful and violent protests.
“They will be met with very heavy force,” Trump added.
Leavitt tried to
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