WASHINGTON - A top US official on July 5 shrugged off a July Fourth parade by masked white supremacists in Washington as an example of “messy” democracy that fell under the banner of constitutionally protected free speech.“Certainly what they stand for is nothing that I could possibly agree with. But one of the foundational principles of the United States, which makes democracy messy, is free speech,” Interior Secretary Doug Burgum told CNN.In striking scenes as Americans celebrated the nation’s 250th birthday on July 4, hundreds of masked men carrying Confederate battle flags or US flags and sporting logos of the...
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