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Ryan backs free speech amid Trump threat to yank NBC license

Oct 12, 2017 | 10:45 AM

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Paul Ryan affirms his support for the First Amendment amid the president’s threats to yank NBC’s broadcast license.

Ryan told journalists Thursday, “I’m a constitutional conservative, I’m for the First Amendment.”

The First Amendment to the Constitution protects the freedom of the press.

Ryan added, “I don’t always agree and like what you guys write, but you have a right to do it, and I’m a constitutional conservative and I’m just going to leave it at that.”