Ben Shapiro has officially responded to the recent shutdown of his immigration-themed production daily wire Movies pawn shopwhich is now back in production in Livingston, Montana.
In an appearance on his podcast ben shapiro showShapiro said, “Let’s be clear: There’s only one reason why the city commissioners ruled that they were going to stop our production on the street: politics, pure and simple, and they largely accepted it. A commissioner named Cindy Daniels said, ‘I’m not willing to sacrifice the resources of security, the protection of the mental health of our community. Absolutely not. This was not a Hallmark movie. This was, you know, not Christmastime in Livingston, and this was no romantic story. Wasn’t.”
To that claim, Shapiro responded, “Well, I mean, I had no idea we had to meet your idea of what the story required. In fact, I’m pretty sure the First Amendment says the exact opposite… This is blatant content discrimination and a violation of the First Amendment.”
The conservative political commentator later said: “These guys aren’t even hiding the ball. These censorship idiots only want things they don’t like prohibited by law. It’s that simple. They don’t care about free speech. They don’t like free speech. Free speech is just for them. It’s not for people who oppose them.”
Pointing to “made up stories” about its creation “from a group of left-wing protesters”, Shapiro said that the more they are entertained, “the more justified our mission will prove to be. We’re clearly right on target. When you try to shout us down, you only make us more powerful. Your actions are not going to work. The film will be completed and released and it will be hugely successful. We call those feathers in our cap. Our legacy. But the trophy.”
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