There is no reason to step up “alarmist rhetoric” in the wake of the undemocratic trend across the US under President Donald Trump, says a senior political commentator.
Keith Preston, the chief editor and director at AttacktheSystem.com, made the remarks in an interview with Press TV while commenting on a recent statement by two independent experts at the United Nations.
Since Trump won the White House, at least 19 states have introduced undemocratic bills in state legislatures “with the purpose or effect of criminalizing peaceful protests,” read the statement by David Kaye and Maina Kiai.
According to Preston, “What is happening now is nothing that’s particularly new; Free speech and right to peaceful protests have been under attack in the United States for a number of years.”
The analyst referenced measures to crack down on free speech and the right to assembly in recent US history, noting that “this kind of thing has happened in…