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'We have to speak up': Jane Fonda on First Amendment attacks

Actress and activist Jane Fonda joins Morning Joe to discuss attacks on free expression today. "Now is the time for us to not just sit and complain," Fonda says, bringing up book bans and cuts to arts funding across the country. Fonda's Committee for the First Amendment is set to host "Rise Up, Sing Out: A Concert for the First Amendment," on June 14 in New York.

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