Trump vs. the First Amendment
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Con law professors have another example they can use to explain the concept of “viewpoint discrimination”:
A statue of President Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein holding hands has been removedfrom the National Malla day after it was placed there. The statue had a permit from the National Park Service to remain at its location in front of the Capitol until 8 p.m. Sunday.
A U.S. Park Police spokesperson told Washingtonian Magazine that the force assisted the National Park Service in removing the statue Wednesday at 5:30 a.m., “due to it not being in compliance with the permit.”
The U.S. Park Police did not immediately reply to The Washington Post’s requests for additional comment on the statue removal. The National Park Service and the White House also did not respond to emails seeking comment on its removal.
The 12-foot-tall statue, spray-painted bronze and titled “Best Friends Forever,” depicted Trump and Epstein holding hands and each with one foot raised behind them. A plaque at the base of the installation read, “We celebrate the long-lasting bond between President Donald J. Trump and his ‘closest friend,’ Jeffrey Epstein.”
In related news, here’s the president furiously asserting that it should be illegal to criticize the president on television:
NEWS: Trump seems to be implying he is going to sue ABC for bringing back Jimmy Kimmel. This is why you never bend the knee to a bully.
[image or embed]— MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) Sep 23, 2025 at 7:47 PM
As always, I think it’s time for another round of the TWITTER FILES.
What Trump’s collaborators at Sinclair and Nexstar don’t want you to see. (Approaching 13 million views as I type.)