Less than a week later, Trump is already promising to crush First Amendment protections if elected in November.
On Monday, Trump complained about pushback to a proposal to sentence people to a year in jail for burning the American flag.
Gotta do it — you gotta do it,” Trump said.
Donald Trump proposes making burning an American flag punishable by 1-year in prison.
People may tell Trump that jailing anyone who burns the flag is unconstitutional because burning the flag is protected by the First Amendment.
Kennedy held similar discussions with the Trump campaign in the time period surrounding the Republican National Convention.
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