{"id":2403217,"date":"2025-02-16T17:02:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T22:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marco-rubio-defends-jd-vances-lecture-on-free-speech-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-16T17:02:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T22:02:30","slug":"marco-rubio-defends-jd-vances-lecture-on-free-speech-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marco-rubio-defends-jd-vances-lecture-on-free-speech-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Marco Rubio defends JD Vance&#8217;s lecture on free speech &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmarco-rubio-defends-jd-vances-lecture-on-free-speech-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2403217&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>During teh recent Munich Security Conference, U.S. secretary\u200c of state Marco Rubio defended Vice President JD Vance&#8217;s call for a commitment to free speech. Vance&#8217;s\u2063 remarks during his first international address highlighted\u200b that, under Donald\u2064 Trump&#8217;s leadership, America would support \u2063the right to express differing views. Though, Rubio \u2064faced criticism from CBS news host Margaret Brennan regarding Vance&#8217;s meeting with the leader of a far-right\u2062 political party in Germany, questioning the \u200bappropriateness of this interaction.In defence,\u2063 Rubio argued that free \u2062speech shoudl not irritate allies, stating\u200d that Vance&#8217;s views are\u2063 shared by many. He refuted Brennan&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">claim linking\u2062 free\u200d speech<\/a> to\u200c the horrors of Nazi Germany, asserting that there was no\u2064 free speech under the \u2063Nazi regime. The conference \u2063aims\u2062 to foster trust and peaceful\u200b dialog within the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jd-vance-to-make-first-foreign-trip-to-europe\/\" title=\"JD Vance to make first foreign trip to Europe\">international security community<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Marco Rubio defends JD Vance&rsquo;s lecture on free speech<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1994243\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Secretary of State <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marco-rubio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Marco Rubio <\/a>came to the defense of Vice President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">JD Vance<\/a> regarding his recent plea to Europe that called for a commitment to free speech.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Rubio attended the Munich Security Conference with Vance this weekend, which was Vance&rsquo;s first foreign trip since taking office as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">vice president<\/a>. In his first international address, Vance assured other leaders that &ldquo;under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Donald-Trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>&rsquo;s leadership, we may disagree with your views, but we will fight to defend your right to offer it in the public square, agree, or disagree.&rdquo; During a segment on CBS News&rsquo;s <em>Face the Nation<\/em> Sunday, Rubio faced questions about the speech.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3292730\/all-executive-orders-actions-trump-first-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FULL LIST OF EXECUTIVE ORDERS, ACTIONS, AND PROCLAMATIONS TRUMP HAS MADE AS PRESIDENT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;[Vance] also met with the leader of a&nbsp;far-right party known as the [Alternative for Germany],&nbsp;which, as you know, is under&nbsp;investigation and monitoring by&nbsp;German intelligence because of&nbsp;extremism.&nbsp;What did all of this accomplish&nbsp;other than irritating our&nbsp;allies?&rdquo; host Margaret Brennan asked.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Why would our allies or anybody be irritated by free speech and by someone giving their opinion?&rdquo;&nbsp;Rubio posed his own question in response. &ldquo;He simply expressed in a speech his view of it, which a lot of people frankly share, and I thought he said a lot of things in that speech that needed to be said. And honestly, I don&rsquo;t know why anybody would be upset about it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2803504&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=41f8786b382054f8c1aac8878e127090\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, he was standing in a country where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/free-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">free speech<\/a> was weaponized to conduct a genocide, and he met with the head of a political party that has far-right views and some historic ties to extreme groups,&rdquo; Brennan said. &ldquo;The context of that was changing the tone of it. And you know that, that the censorship was specifically about the right.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No, I have to disagree with you. Free speech was not used to conduct a genocide. The genocide was conducted by an authoritarian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Nazis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Nazi<\/a> regime that happened to also be genocidal because they hated Jews and they hated minorities and they hated those that they had a list of people they hated, but primarily the Jews,&rdquo; Rubio said. &ldquo;There was no free speech in Nazi Germany. There was none. There was also no opposition in Nazi Germany. They were a sole and only party that governed that country. So, that&rsquo;s not an accurate reflection of history.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The objective of the Munich Security Conference, according to its&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/securityconference.org\/en\/about-us\/about-the-msc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a>,&nbsp;is&nbsp;&ldquo;to build trust and to contribute to the peaceful resolution of conflicts by sustaining a continuous, curated and informal dialogue within the international security community.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Alternative for Germany, the right-wing party in the country, is fresh from earning second place with nearly a fifth of the vote during its election last year. It&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.afd.de\/grundsatzprogramm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">condemns<\/a>&nbsp;abortion and multiculturalism. Chancellor Olaf Scholz&rsquo;s Social Democratic Party earned its worst result ever.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1994243\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1994243\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marco Rubio supports JD Vance&#8217;s free speech remarks in Europe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2403218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/JD-Vance-Marco-Rubio-Feb.-14-2025.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32311,32082,34360],"class_list":["post-2403217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-free-speech","tag-jd-vance","tag-marco-rubio"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/JD-Vance-Marco-Rubio-Feb.-14-2025.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2403217"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2403221,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2403217\/revisions\/2403221"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2403218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2403217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2403217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2403217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}