{{Cquote|The Tea Party Republicans in Washington claim they’re concerned about the budget balance, but it’s a disguise! It’s not true! It’s a lie! That’s not what they want. They want — they want other people not to be able to have their own opinions. They don’t deserve the freedoms that are in the Constitution! But we’ll give them to them anyway.<ref name=blaze/>}}
{{Cquote|The Tea Party Republicans in Washington claim they’re concerned about the budget balance, but it’s a disguise! It’s not true! It’s a lie! That’s not what they want. They want — they want other people not to be able to have their own opinions. They don’t deserve the freedoms that are in the Constitution! But we’ll give them to them anyway.<ref name=blaze/>}}
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Frank Lautenberg's claim that [[Republicans]] want to outlaw opinions was based on nothing, as noted by ''[[Hot Air]]''.<ref>Ed Morrissey. [http://hotair.com/archives/2011/03/25/lautenberg-republicans-dont-deserve-the-freedoms-in-the-constitution/ Lautenberg: Republicans “don’t deserve the freedoms that are in the Constitution!”], ''[[Hot Air]]'', March 25, 2011.</ref> According to the ''Hot Air'' report, Lautenberg's allowance that he’d give those freedoms to [[Tea Party Movement|Tea Partiers]] despite their political views was seen as more offensive than his initial remark.
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Frank Lautenberg's claim that [[Republicans]] want to outlaw opinions was based on nothing, as noted by ''[[Hot Air]]''.<ref>Ed Morrissey. [https://hotair.com/archives/2011/03/25/lautenberg-republicans-dont-deserve-the-freedoms-in-the-constitution/ Lautenberg: Republicans “don’t deserve the freedoms that are in the Constitution!”], ''[[Hot Air]]'', March 25, 2011.</ref> According to the ''Hot Air'' report, Lautenberg's allowance that he’d give those freedoms to [[Tea Party Movement|Tea Partiers]] despite their political views was seen as more offensive than his initial remark.