Mitch McConnell: The Political Left Seeks to Undermine Free Speech

This is an amazing speech.

Breitbart interviewed Sen. McConnell on Friday, "EXCLUSIVE: McConnell: 'Radical, Dangerous' Obama Admin Seeks to 'Shut Up' Opponents." (At Memeorandum.)

More here. And the full speech is at the link.

And see Patterico, "Mitch McConnell: “There’s somebody I’ve heard about named Brett Kimberlin”."

More from Alana Goodman, "McConnell Vows to Defend Citizens United." And at the American Enterprise blog, "Growing threats to our First Amendment rights: An address by Mitch McConnell":

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell delivered a harrowing address on Friday at AEI, detailing both the singular importance of free speech and the forces that seek to stymie it.

Chiefly among Senator McConnell’s concerns are moves proposed by the Obama administration that bully dissidents and effectively stifle their political rights. With legislation such as the DISCLOSE Act, McConnell asserted, the Obama administration and its allies in Congress impinge upon the rights of American citizens.

America was built on the sanctity of political freedom and in the words of Senator McConnell, “The bulwark of this freedom is, of course, the First Amendment.”

This is exactly what I've been talking about.