I gotta say there is a very fine line here between Freedom of Speech and “lobbying”. I guess if you take money from a foreign government and then advocate for them that is lobbying. But it’s still questionable in my mind that this is a 1A protected activity.
So what is it when you are the Secretary of State and take foreign money and act in favor of foreign governments?
What confuses me is the difference between persuasion and lobbying?
Or a college prof disagreeing with your argument on a term paper vs grading you down for making it at all?
There is confusion here between coercion and persuasion.
“So what is it when you are the Secretary of State and take foreign money and act in favor of foreign governments?”
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