Bondi: Violence Threats Not Protected by 1st Amendment

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday clarified her position on hate speech, asserting that the First Amendment “does not and will never protect violence.”

“Hate speech that crosses the line into threats of violence is NOT protected by the First Amendment. It’s a crime. For far too long, we’ve watched the radical left normalize threats, call for assassinations, and cheer on political violence. That era is over,” Bondi said in a post on X.

Bondi’s post comes a day after she raised eyebrows on the right when she said the Department of Justice would “absolutely target you, go after you, if you are targeting anyone with hate speech.” Bondi made the comments on the “Katie Miller Pod” on Monday.