Rand Paul: 'Trump's Internet plan would destroy the First Amendment'
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul says Donald Trump's plan to shut down parts of the Internet used by Islamic State jihadists would require a dissolvement of the First Amendment.
During Tuesday night's fifth and final Republican primary debate of 2015, Trump said he would "certainly be open to closing certain areas [of the Internet] where we are at war with somebody."
"I sure as hell don't want to let people who want to kill us and kill our nation use our Internet," he added.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"Closing the Internet would require a change to our Constitution where we get rid of the First Amendment. That's a big step," Paul said Wednesday on Fox News' "America's Newsroom."