Unveiling Hageman’s New Censorship Accountability Act to Protect Free Speech [Video]

Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-WY) conveyed to MRC Free Speech America Vice President Dan Schneider her plans to protect free speech on the latest episode of MRC Uncensored.

Hageman and Schneider discussed the congresswoman’s new bill empowering Americans to hold government officials accountable when their First Amendment rights are infringed upon. “[O]ur government has been weaponized against us. And one of the most obvious examples of that is the attack on the First Amendment,” she told Schneider. Hageman’s new bill, the Censorship Accountability Act, would allow citizens to sue federal executive branch employees personally when they take actions that encroach upon American liberties.

She outlined how much the First Amendment has been trampled on in recent years, explaining: “All of the things that we’re seeing is a government that has determined that our ability to exercise our First Amendment rights – specifically our freedom of speech and the free exercise clause, our freedom …