Hello, everybody, this is another edition of Breaking News, and our guest again is Donald Trump. Welcome, Mr. Trump.
TRUMP
Hello, Mr. and Mrs. America.
WOLF
Mr. Trump, as all of us know, is the presumptive Republican candidate for President.
TRUMP
Wait a minute! Did you call me presumptuous?
WOLF
No, presumptive, meaning you have won enough delegates to lead the Republican party in her next election.
TRUMP
Then tell me why those losers think they have a right to make speeches at my convention, okay?
WOLF
If you mean Senator Cruz and Governor Kasich, they have won a relatively large number of delegates themselves, actually.
TRUMP
That don't give them any right to speak.
WOLF
Well, actually, they do have that right under the First Amendment.
WOLF
The one that prohibits making any laws abridging freedom of speech or of the press.
TRUMP
I don't play bridge. Strip poker is my game.
WOLF
No, no. Abridge. It means censoring speech.
TRUMP
I don't censor my speech. I can say anything I like, even on television. Hell! Damn! How's that?
WOLF
But you are trying to block the speech of other Republican candidates.
TRUMP
They can say anything they want. Just not at my convention, okay? I'll need all that time to insult Hillary.
WOLF
You mean like saying she's a crook?
TRUMP
Yes, that, and also that she reads email on her email.
WOLF
You mean on her private email.
TRUMP
Whatever. Reading can be a crime, too, you know.
WOLF
When was that a crime?
TRUMP
Ask Joe McCarthy and the House UnAmerican Activities Committee.
WOLF
Did you ever run into trouble reading?
TRUMP
You bet. Once when my mother caught me reading Playboy. Wow, what a spanking I got.
WOLF
I mean, reading inflammatory material.
TRUMP
Playboy was pretty hot!
WOLF
Well, isn't what your mother did a little that like what you're doing to your rivals?
TRUMP
They can read Playboy as much as they want. In fact, I have a twelve volume collection of the magazine available in my living room. Minus the articles supporting abortion.
WOLF
Well, Mr. Trump, I see nothing is going to change your mind on the issue of free speech.
TRUMP
We'll have no trouble with free speech once I've shut down the Washington Post and the New York Times.
WOLF
The Times? It's the most respected paper in the country.
TRUMP
It's been losing a fortune for years. It's a failure, which probably won't be around much longer. And I think it's one of the most dishonest media outlets I've ever seen in my life. When I become President, they're gonna have problems. They're gonna have such problems. I'm gonna open up the libel laws, so that when I hit them, they're going to lose a lotta money. That'll free up speech in this country.
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