President Donald Trump bragged that his administration “took the freedom of speech away” from protesters who burn the American flag during a rant against anti-fascists on Wednesday.

While speaking about “antifa-inspired terror” in a meeting on the anti-fascist movement , Trump touted his recent executive order instructing Attorney General Pam Bondi to find ways to prosecute people who burn the American flag.

“We’ve made it a one year penalty for inciting riots,” he said. “We took the freedom of speech away.”

“Because that’s been through the courts, and the courts said you have freedom of speech,” he went on, in a serious tone. “But what has happened is when they burn a flag, it agitates and irritates crowds — I’ve never seen anything like it on both sides — and you end up with riots

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