EXC: VP Vance *WILL* Raise Free Speech Issues with UK Govt During Official Visit Next Week.

The National Pulse ^ | 02/19/2025 | Jack Montgomery

[DFG]

Vice President J.D. Vance told Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse, that he will reiterate the Trump administration’s commitment to freedom of speech when Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer visits the U.S. next week. This follows Vice President Vance’s speech at the Munich Security Conference in Germany, in which he warned against the erosion of free speech in Europe, and the subsequent imprisonment of a British man for sending emails intended to “insult and offend” London Mayor Sadiq Khan and government minister Jess Phillips, from Starmer’s Labour Party.

Asked by Kassam if he planned to reiterate his comments t Starmer and his team next week in person, Vance responded, “We certainly will,” adding, “[T]his is not hard, Raheem. We’re simply telling them to respect the values on which our civilization was founded, that you ought to debate with one another, you ought to, you know, your government should respect when the people have a dissenting viewpoint. It’s very simple, and it’s very obvious.”

“And I think that, when we talk about shared values, I think one of the most important shared values is that we, again, ought to listen to our people and not try to throw them in prison when they disagree with what the government’s doing,” he stressed.

Vance said the strong, adverse reaction to his Munich speech “from some of our European friends” indicates that “frankly, they’ve taken too much leadership from the Biden administration” and “leaned too much into the censorship regime.

[Veto!]

Vance is the best spokesman America has ever had. Maybe that’s why Trump selected him to be VP.

He’s also becoming known as a very smart man throughout the country and the world. Possibly our next president?

[pepsi_junkie]

He’ll be the only person outside of the government overlords who actually has free speech in Britain at that moment. Might as well bring it up, nobody else is allowed to.

[EnderWiggin1970]

We should be sanctioning the leaders of repressive governments in Europe the same as we do elsewhere. That will show this is not just empty rhetoric when we criticize their anti-democracy efforts and suppression of natural rights like free speech and peaceful religious expression.

[A Formerly Proud Canadian]

Dear VP J. D. Vance;

Please come to the 51st State, and address the Parliament of Canaduh on freedom of speech!

Oops, I forgot, Parliament is PROROGUED, so there IS NO PARLIAMENT!

[A Formerly Proud Canadian]

I am sure that WILL come. PDJT is using the lever of tariffs first, to see IF that will change the Euroweenie (and Canadian) politicians’ very small, closed minds.

Unfortunately, in Canaduh, the Lieberals and New Democraptic Parties find it easier to ‘fight Trump’ rather than Polievre, to the absolute DETRIMENT of Canaduh!

[dougherty]

I hope he also brings up the mistreatment of Tommy Robinson.

[grumpygresh]

He should state emphatically that US citizens in UK should not be investigated or charged with “hate crimes” or similar legislation.
I don’t know if any cases at this point, but wouldn’t be surprised if this comes up in the future.