The Democratic Party likes to bill itself as the defender of democracy, but their definition of democracy seems to hinge on silencing dissent. A new supercut lays bare just how comfortable Democratic leaders and their media allies have become with open calls for censorship, speech codes, and platform bans — all in the name of protecting “truth” and “safety.”
In clip after clip, figures like Jen Psaki, Hillary Clinton, and Kamala Harris make clear that free expression is something to be “managed.” Psaki urged platforms to coordinate on banning misinformation across the internet, while Clinton mused about whether Americans sharing “propaganda” should face criminal charges. Harris, for her part, suggested Twitter might need to be “shut down” when it fails to police content aggressively enough.
The theme runs throughout the montage: speech is fine, so long as it’s speech that affirms the approved narrative. Rep. Dan Goldman reminded viewers that the First Amendment “is not absolute,” opening the door for regulation of online discourse. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez went further, accusing outlets like Fox of “incitement” and urging government scrutiny of their broadcasts. Again and again, the argument is framed not as a defense of democracy, but as a justification for why certain voices must be silenced.
Even when cloaked in talk of “safety” and “fairness,” the effect is unmistakable: dissent is rebranded as danger, disagreement as disinformation. And once that line is crossed, censorship becomes not just permissible but necessary. This is how the party that once claimed to champion civil liberties has morphed into the party of speech codes — the very opposite of the open marketplace of ideas democracy requires.
The supercut underscores the point: Democrats aren’t being tricked into censorship. They’re demanding it — proudly, repeatedly, and on camera. For them, democracy isn’t about debate. It’s about control.