But one thing we need to make clear—Trump is by no means the worst offender when it comes to free speech issues. Numerous Democrats, in the past, have threatened radio stations for running ads–“Nice license you have there . . . .”

Trump is a bete noire. That explains much of the outrage against him for somehow breaking norms. And he deserves serious criticism for hinting that FEC laws should be brought to bear on the press or comedy (of course, I don’t recall a lot of Dems getting upset about state go-go laws going after radio talk hosts for “in kind” contributions).

Finally, and this does not absolve Trump, but let’s not forget that his judicial appointments seem very solid on First Amendment issues–not sure we’d be able to say that if HRC had been elected.