"This is the moment to defend free speech across our nation. We encourage all Americans to join us, along with the ACLU, in the fight to defend and preserve our constitutionally protected rights,"
"I don't understand how in this country, where the First Amendment was made to the Constitution to guarantee freedom of the press and freedom of speech, how the government itself is using its weight and power to bully and scare people into silence,"
"The First Amendment is the first for a reason, because you need to be able to hold those in power accountable."
Hundreds of Hollywood and Broadway stars, including Robert De Niro, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Selena Gomez, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep, urged Americans to defend constitutionally protected rights after ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show. ABC pulled the show after affiliates refused to air an episode following Kimmel's remarks about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The celebrity letter called on Americans to join the ACLU in defending free speech. Commentators Ana Navarro and Alyssa Farah Griffin criticized the suspension, citing First Amendment concerns. The View initially avoided the topic; Kimmel has not made a public statement.
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