The Free Speech Warriors Who Now Love Cancel Culture
As Trump once again calls for Jimmy Kimmel’s firing, many purported defenders of the First Amendment have betrayed their signature cause.
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The Free Speech Warriors Who Now Love Cancel CultureAs Trump once again calls for Jimmy Kimmel’s firing, many purported defenders of the First Amendment have betrayed their signature cause.Cathy YoungMay 01, 2026Share(Photo illustration by The Bulwark / Photos Shutterstock)THIS HAS BEEN A BAD WEEK for certain free-speech warriors who once hailed Donald Trump as their champion—like, say, New York Post and Free Press columnist Martin Gurri, who gushed in January 2025 that Trump’s return to the presidency also meant the return of “speech that is unencumbered and unafraid.” Right now, the Trump administration is trying to cancel a comedian over a joke about Melania Trump and jail a critic over a social media photo of seashells on a beach.The joke by ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, about…
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