The First Amendment...

You know the Republicans don't care about the First Amendment, a Congressman just introduced a bill to take away you passport if you peacefully protest and then other Republican pulled it!

GOP lawmaker pulls measure to allow Marco Rubio to revoke US passports

Brian Mast changes course on provision to give Rubio power to revoke US passports over terrorism support allegations

The Guardian

By Joseph Gedeon

September 16, 2025

The chair of the House foreign affairs committee moved to cut a contentious provision from legislation that would have granted the secretary of state sweeping powers to revoke US citizens’ passports over allegations of supporting terrorism.

Representative Brian Mast, a Florida Republican, filed an amendment to eliminate the measure from his department of state policy provisions act, a bill meant to reform the state department in the Trump administration’s image, after widespread criticism from civil liberties advocates, according to the Intercept.

I think that they are starting to get nervous that there is pushback over this.

But the new measure would have significantly escalated these efforts by targeting US citizens. Mast had initially defended the broader legislation, saying it “ensures every dollar and every diplomat puts America First and is accountable to the president’s foreign policy” when the House foreign affairs committee introduced the package last week.

I think that is what it did it in, "targeting US citizens' they are realizing that they went too far. The Intercept wrote this before the bill was pulled.

Now, a bill introduced by the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee is ringing alarm bells for civil liberties advocates who say it would grant Rubio the power to revoke the passports of American citizens on similar grounds.

The provision, sponsored by Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., as part of a larger State Department reorganization, is set for a hearing Wednesday.

Mast’s legislation says that it takes aim at “terrorists and traffickers,” but critics say it could be used to deny American citizens the right to travel based solely on their speech. (The State Department said it doesn’t comment on pending legislation.)

I thick the Republicans realized that they went too far.