Pam Bondi Faces Backlash After Threatening ‘Hate Speech’ Prosecutions

Attorney General Pam Bondi is under fire from conservatives this week after she made comments suggesting the Justice Department would begin targeting Americans over so-called “hate speech.”

Bondi made the remarks during an appearance on The Katie Miller Podcast, tying her stance to the tragic assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. But what was intended to signal a tough posture on political violence quickly morphed into a constitutional crisis in the eyes of her conservative base.

“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,” Bondi said. “We will absolutely target you … if you are targeting anyone with hate speech.”

The blowback was immediate. Prominent voices on the right blasted Bondi for echoing the very same language the radical left uses to justify censorship and speech control.

• Matt Walsh called for Bondi’s immediate removal, saying, “Get rid of her. Today. This is insane.”

• He pointed out that prosecuting companies like Office Depot over a single employee refusing to print pro-Kirk flyers was a waste of DOJ resources, especially when the free market already delivered consequences.

• Bondi’s invocation of “hate speech” drew comparisons to the left’s ongoing war against conservative voices, where any disagreement is labeled as hate and silenced.

This isn’t just a messaging gaffe it strikes at the heart of what separates America from authoritarian regimes.

There is no legal definition of “hate speech” in the United States because the First Amendment protects speech even offensive or unpopular speech. The only speech not protected under the Constitution includes true threats, incitement to imminent lawless action, and defamation.

By endorsing the term, even in the context of political violence, Bondi gave ammunition to the same institutions that already target conservatives online and in the workplace. Today it’s language connected to assassination tomorrow it could be biblical beliefs, pro-family opinions, or opposition to open borders.

That’s the slippery slope conservatives have warned about for years and now it’s coming from within.

After the backlash, Bondi attempted to clarify her stance:

“Hate speech that crosses the line into threats of violence is NOT protected by the First Amendment,” she said. “For far too long, we’ve watched the radical left normalize threats … That era is over.”

While her clarification moved the needle, many aren’t buying it. The damage may already be done.

Because no matter how Bondi tries to reframe her comments, she used the language of the left and that’s the real problem. Using the term “hate speech” legitimizes a concept that has no place in American law and has only ever been used to suppress dissent.

Instead of threatening to prosecute a printing store, conservatives say the AG’s focus should be on:

• Investigating actual threats from left-wing extremist groups.

• Pursuing those who encouraged or coordinated the Kirk assassination.

• Protecting conservative Americans from rising domestic terror incidents and online doxxing campaigns.

Bondi was appointed to protect constitutional rights not chip away at them by adopting the language of censorship. Conservatives expect and demand better from their leadership.

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