Ventura defends Piker's right to speak before the Minneapolis event
Jesse VenturaFormer Minnesota governor, speaking in a personal capacity
Ventura defends Piker's right to speak. FOX 9 dates the livestream to October 25, before the Minneapolis event.
“The First Amendment is there not to protect popular speech. Popular speech doesn't need protecting.”
Reporting
Where this statement fits
Ilhan Omar's campaign defends Hasan Piker event as Angie Craig and Jacob Frey object
Ilhan Omar's campaign says an October 26 event with Hasan Piker and Omar Fateh will help mobilize young voters. Angie Craig, Jacob Frey and Betty McCollum criticize giving Piker a platform, citing his past rhetoric. Piker rejects Craig's criticism as an attack on the party's left flank.
Source and context
Reporting
About this source
FOX 9 dates Ventura's livestream appearance to Sunday, October 25, before the Monday event.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Before the quotation
FOX 9 introduces Ventura's appearance on Piker's stream.
After the quotation
Ventura says the First Amendment protects unpopular speech.
How this statement is classified
The label describes this statement's response within the context above.
Why this label?
He defends Piker's right to speak despite criticism.
- Recorded on
- Published here
More from this case
Read the full caseBerg mocks the event's publicity and calls Piker's language childish
“Pardon the childish language, which was, naturally, Piker's”Read statement
Demuth criticizes Klobuchar for not calling to un-invite Piker
“Amy Klobuchar has yet to call for Democrats to un-invite Hasan Piker to their election rally this evening.”Read statement
Ellison calls the Piker event a potential non-issue and tells critics they can decline to attend
“This Piker event had the potential to be a complete non-issue. One fringe-failed statewide candidate said something. Cool. Who cares? Don’t like Hasan? Cool! Don’t attend! But helping Republicans blow up this nothing-burger feels immature from a party as experienced as the DFL.”Read statement
Share or embed this statement
The embed keeps its attribution link to The Dispute Index. Credit the image to The Dispute Index and link to the statement page.
Cite this record
- Publisher
- The Dispute Index
- Title
- Ventura defends Piker's right to speak before the Minneapolis event
- First published
- Last updated
- Permalink
- https://disputeindex.com/events/7421-ventura-defends-piker-s-right-to-speak-fox
Last updated marks the most recent saved version of this published statement.
The Dispute Index. "Ventura defends Piker's right to speak before the Minneapolis event". First published: 2026-10-31. Last updated: 2026-10-31. https://disputeindex.com/events/7421-ventura-defends-piker-s-right-to-speak-fox