Conservative Talkshow Host Blasts Pam Bondi Over ‘Free Speech’ Claim: ‘Our Attorney General Is Apparently a Moron’

Conservative talkshow host Erick Erickson tore into “moron” Attorney General Pam Bondi on Monday after she claimed “hate speech” did not count as “free speech” and would be targeted by her office.

During an interview with former White House official Katie Miller, Bondi said, “There’s free speech and then there’s hate speech, and there is no place, especially now, especially after what happened to Charlie, in our society.”

She warned, “We will absolutely target you, go after you if you are targeting anyone with hate speech, anything, and that’s across the aisle.”

Erickson responded to Miller’s comments in a social media post, writing, “Our Attorney General is apparently a moron. ‘There’s free speech and then there is hate speech.’ No ma’am. That is not the law.”

“Someone needs to explain to Ms. Bondi that so-called ‘hate speech,’ repulsive though it may be, is protected by the First Amendment. She should know this,” weighed in Fox News chief political analyst Brit Hume, while The Blaze host Auron MacIntyre protested, “Bondi managed to create the worst possible framing for what is a legitimate action against terrorist networks… This will be the clip every leftist uses against the admin’s attempt to crack down on terrorism, it is a disaster at every level, how is she this bad?”

Others pointed out that Charlie Kirk had literally said the complete opposite prior to his murder at Utah Valley University last week.

“Hate speech does not exist legally in America,” wrote Kirk in 2024. “There’s ugly speech. There’s gross speech. There’s evil speech. And ALL of it is protected by the First Amendment. Keep America free.”

Senior White House trade adviser Peter Navarro also lashed out against free speech on Monday, demanding that Elon Musk ban anonymous users from his “cesspool” social network.