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The message from the White House does not request people's names, it requests information on people's healthcare perspective so they can fight false claims. Nothing wrong with this, and there is no law to prevent it.
If the names and email addresses forwarded to the WH are used in a manner to squash political speech, then that is a separate issue and will be dealt with accordingly. Any occurrence will surely become well known.
As far as all the comparisons with previous presidents, if any president collects names in order to dispel free speech, whether Bush, Obama, or anyone, they are all wrong in that. Saying, "What about the other guy", is nothing but a distraction from the issue and a total cop out. May as well say, "I got nothing on this."
If the names and email addresses forwarded to the WH are used in a manner to squash political speech, then that is a separate issue and will be dealt with accordingly. Any occurrence will surely become well known.
As far as all the comparisons with previous presidents, if any president collects names in order to dispel free speech, whether Bush, Obama, or anyone, they are all wrong in that. Saying, "What about the other guy", is nothing but a distraction from the issue and a total cop out. May as well say, "I got nothing on this."