Pennsylvania Lt. Governor: Claiming Election Was ‘Rigged’ Isn’t ‘Protected Speech’

A volunteer cuts out "I VOTED TODAY" stickers for voters queueing outside of a satellite polling station in Philadelphia, Pa., on Oct. 27, 2020. Mark Makela/Getty Images

Calling the 2020 election “rigged” or stolen is not speech protected by the Constitution, Pennsylvania lieutenant governor alleged Friday.

“This idea that saying that Pennsylvania was ‘rigged’ or that we were ’trying to steal the election,' that’s a lie,” Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, a Democrat, told The Hill. “And you do not have the right, that is not protected speech.”