And the Taibbi/Weiss Award For Very Serious Commitment to the Principles of Free Speech goes to…
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Once again, Ron DeSantis!
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ campaign team today contacted law enforcement in an attempt to prohibit Iowa Starting Line reporters from covering his campaign in the Hawkeye State, according to Shelby County Sheriff’s deputies.
Two reporters—including Starting Line’s Chief Political Correspondent Ty Rushing—were greeted by multiple sheriff’s deputies at the entrance of the American Legion in Harlan on Friday afternoon, where DeSantis was making his second campaign stop of the day.
“They said it’s a private event. They don’t want you. It is what it is,” Deputy Bill McDaniel said, refusing to elaborate on why the campaign sought to block Starting Line’s access to the event today.
At least he didn’t beat the guy up, so by Republican standards this makes him a moderate.
In happier free speech news:
It was an inauspicious start for Ron DeSantis in Iowa on Friday.
Chanting “Ron DeFascist” and “pudding fingers” on a megaphone while ringing cowbells, two protesters effectively cut short the Florida governor’s first campaign stop of the day at a large roadside rock painted for war veterans.
I guess we know what the next more-in-sorrow-than-anger Pamela Paul column will be about.