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This is revolting: @RashidaTlaib isn't even in Congress a week & @marcorubio is already smearing her as an "anti-Semite" - all because she's defending the First Amendment free speech rights of *all Americans* not to be punished by the state for their political opinions & activism
Also: @marcorubio's tweet is stunningly ignorant. He thinks the 1st Amendment protects the right of *the Government* to punish private citizens for their speech. It does the opposite: it protects the rights of private citizens not to be punished for their views by @MarcoRubio 
I know @MarcoRubio - who just proved he has no understanding of the 1st Amendment's free speech rights - has no idea that 2 federal courts have already ruled that the censorship laws he favors against Americans - to protect Israel - are unconstitutional aclu.org/blog/free-spee…
Under @MarcoRubio's oppressive bill (which, like most AIPAC bills, has broad bipartisan support): you're allowed to boycott a US state. You're can boycott US companies. You can boycott UK, Russia, Hungary, or China. You're just not allowed to boycott Israel. That's censorship.
Remember that Andrew Cuomo supports the same bill that Marco Rubio supports: punishment for those who boycott Israel. But the same Andrew Cuomo ordered a boycott of 2 American states: North Carolina & Indiana. That's how warped this censorship scheme is by *U.S.* politicians:
