“Good evening, everyone, and welcome to all of you who couldn’t get tickets to the White House cage fights.”
That was Robert De Niro’s opening crack as he spoke at Rise Up, Sing Out: A Concert for the First Amendment held in New York on Sunday night. Thrown by the Committee for the First Amendment and co-executive produced by Jane Fonda, the two-and-a-half-hour variety show served as a celebration of free speech, dishing up fierce pushback to Donald Trump and his agenda. Ironically, it took place at the same time as the White House’s controversial UFC match where a very different kind of free speech was on display.
