“I love the First Amendment,” President Donald Trump proclaimed on Friday at the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference. “Nobody loves it better than me,” he added. The effusive remark comes from the same person who called venerable media outlets like The New York Times and NBC News ― long considered pillars of the same free press protected by the First Amendment ― “the enemy of the American people.” Other phrases he and his staff have used to describe journalists prone to criticizing his administration: “out of control,” “opposition party,” “dishonest” and “fake news.”Weeks before Trump’s CPAC speech, curators at Ground Floor Gallery in New York City ― a space dedicated to emerging artists ― decided it was time for genuine First Amendment defenders to speak out. They began soliciting artwork for a show they called “Marked Urgent,” inviting artists to submit work “associated with any and all types of correspondence and communication.”

Source: Huffington Post February 24, 2017 22:30 UTC