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Former President Trump took to societal media connected Wednesday with an unequivocal assertion that keeping and expressing his constitutional rights were of the utmost value to him, contempt immoderate punishment helium could look amid a gag bid imposed by a New York judge.
"Give maine liberty oregon springiness maine death," helium wrote successful an all-caps connection connected TRUTH Social, quoting the American Founding Father Patrick Henry.
The remark comes arsenic Judge Juan Merchan said connected Monday that helium volition see jailhouse clip for Trump, should helium proceed to interruption a gag bid imposed upon him successful his ongoing transgression trial.
"It is simply a truly atrocious feeling to person your Constitutional Right to Free Speech, specified a large portion of beingness successful our Country, truthful unfairly taken from you, particularly erstwhile each of the sleazebags, lowlifes, and grifters that you reason are allowed to accidental perfectly thing that they want," Trump’s station continued. "It is hard to beryllium backmost and perceive to lies and mendacious statements beryllium made against you knowing that if you respond, adjacent successful the astir humble fashion, you are told by a Corrupt and Highly Conflicted Judge that you volition beryllium enactment successful prison, possibly for a agelong play of time."
TRUMP SAYS JAIL TIME TO DEFEND FREE SPEECH IS 'SACRIFICE' HE'S WILLING TO MAKE
Trump took to societal media Wednesday to remark astir his law close to talk freely amid a gag bid successful a New York case. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
Merchan imposed a gag bid connected Trump earlier his transgression proceedings successful New York began, ordering the presumptive Republican statesmanlike nominee not to marque oregon nonstop others to marque nationalist statements astir witnesses, counsel successful the lawsuit oregon astir tribunal staff, the DA unit oregon household members of staff.
In the Wednesday post, Trump added: "This Fascist mindset is each coming from D.C. It is simply a blase deed occupation connected Crooked Joe Biden’s Political Opponent, ME!"
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The station besides included a swipe astatine Judges Engoron and Kaplan, besides of New York. He called them "equally corrupt, lone successful antithetic ways."
On Monday, Trump said he'd marque the "sacrifice" of going to jailhouse to support escaped speech. (Fulton County Sheriff's Office via Getty Images)
"What these thugs are doing is an onslaught connected the Republican Party, and our erstwhile large federation itself. Our First Amendment indispensable stand, escaped and strong," the erstwhile president concluded.
On Monday, Trump said he'd marque the "sacrifice" of going to jailhouse to support escaped speech.
"Our Constitution is overmuch much important than jail. It's not adjacent close. I'll bash that sacrifice immoderate day," the erstwhile president said extracurricular the courtroom Monday afternoon.
On Tuesday, "The View" co-host Sunny Hostin suggested Judge Merchan should propulsion Trump successful situation to "prove a point."
"I don't privation this to dependable similar I'm doing wishful thinking, but which situation would beryllium best?" co-host Whoopi Goldberg added, mentioning helium could spell to Alcatraz oregon Guantanamo Bay.
Co-host Ana Navarro joked that erstwhile First Lady Melania Trump could sojourn her hubby if helium were sent to Guantanamo.
Trump's station connected Wednesday was a motion to the patriotic line from Henry's 1775 address.
American statesman Patrick Henry said 'give maine liberty, oregon springiness maine death' during a code earlier the Virginia Assembly. (MPI/Getty Images)
In 1775, arsenic colonists were advocating for American independency from a tyrannical British Empire, Patrick Henry addressed a disquieted Virginia Assembly.
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"Gentlemen whitethorn cry, Peace, Peace but determination is nary peace. The warfare is really begun!" Henry said successful his remarks. "The adjacent gale that sweeps from the northbound volition bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already successful the field! Why basal we present idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is beingness truthful dear, oregon bid truthful sweet, arsenic to beryllium purchased astatine the terms of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I cognize not what people others whitethorn take; but arsenic for me, springiness maine liberty oregon springiness maine death!"
Fox News’ Emma Colton, Hanna Panreck and Brooke Singman contributed to this report.
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