Several high-ranking House Democrats have penned an open letter to President Donald Trump, asking that he rethink his plans for Independence Day this year.
Just days before the July 4th holiday, Texas newspaper The Liberty County Vindicator posted multiple excerpts from the Declaration of Independence. But the July 2nd excerpt elicited a day-long censorship of the Facebook post for being "hate speech."
Demetrius Pitts, 48, had repeatedly expressed his support for al-Qaida for more than a year and talked about setting off bombs at a July 4 parade and later in his hometown of Philadelphia.