{"postID":135655388,"cachedAt":718053526.04317105,"updatedAt":718053526.04316199,"content":{"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"captionedImage","content":[{"type":"image2","attrs":{"topImage":false,"srcNoWatermark":null,"bytes":695869,"href":null,"src":"https:\/\/substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/images\/4e8eb01d-2405-4160-9cef-d44e621c5ea3_1200x672.png","fullscreen":null,"belowTheFold":false,"type":"image\/png","width":1200,"internalRedirect":null,"title":null,"height":672,"imageSize":null,"resizeWidth":null,"alt":null}}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Read the full article on ","marks":[{"type":"strong"}]},{"type":"text","text":"The Grayzone","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"class":null,"href":"https:\/\/thegrayzone.com\/2023\/07\/30\/ron-desantis-israel-speech-rights-american\/","target":"_blank"}},{"type":"strong"}]},{"type":"text","text":".","marks":[{"type":"strong"}]}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Florida Governor and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis has spent his career as an elected official pushing an array of laws attacking the free speech of American citizens who exercise their constitutionally-protected right to boycott Israel. One anti-boycott bill DeSantis championed sought to send violators to prison for 10 years."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"At the same time, the governor has sought to position himself as a champion of the First Amendment. During a 2022 "},{"type":"text","text":"press conference","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"class":null,"href":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GovRonDeSantis\/videos\/1009685523239434\/","target":"_blank"}}]},{"type":"text","text":", he stood behind a podium emblazoned with the phrase, “Gov. DeSantis Defends Free Speech.” Flanked by medical professionals bearing signs that read “free speech, free state,” and “science not censorship,” DeSantis slammed the censorship regime erected to enforce public compliance to Covid-19 restrictions."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Yet, when it comes to silencing critics of his major financial benefactors, and limiting the First Amendment rights of American citizens to choose where and where not to spend their hard-earned dollars, DeSantis is more pro-mandate than pro-Madison."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"The most recent of DeSantis’ many assaults on the right to boycott came this July 17, as he stood before a Christian Zionist group which supports Israel on the basis that it is the future landing pad for the Messiah."}]},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Read the full article on ","marks":[{"type":"strong"}]},{"type":"text","text":"The Grayzone","marks":[{"type":"link","attrs":{"class":null,"href":"https:\/\/thegrayzone.com\/2023\/07\/30\/ron-desantis-israel-speech-rights-american\/","target":"_blank"}},{"type":"strong"}]},{"type":"text","text":".","marks":[{"type":"strong"}]}]}]}}