In Tony Messenger's column " Do we criminalize free speech? St. Charles County man's case is a test. " (Sept. 21), he quotes U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi suggesting she wanted to criminalize "hate speech." I suggest she start with her boss, President Donald Trump, and his supporters.

The president has referred to detractors, marginalized groups and fellow human beings as "vermin," "scum" and "human garbage." He has suggested "shooting protesters in the legs or something." He has suggested that hecklers at his rallies should be "roughed up" or "you should knock the crap out of them."

Trump has called for political opponents to be "locked up" for no reason other than that they made him look bad. Fox news host and Trump supporter Brian Kilmeade has publicly said that mentally ill homel

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