In the US, political speech (of all types) is usually held to a looser standard (in the sense that it's harder to restrict) - which I think makes sense. We sho

In the US, political speech (of all types) is usually held to a looser standard (in the sense that it's harder to restrict) - which I think makes sense. We should hold our elected officials to a higher standard, but we probably do so through the mechanisms built into our laws. That being said... not all speech by political figures is political speech.