The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a First Amendment lawsuit against the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority over their removal of MILO ads from their transit stations.

“The ACLU will be representing me against the Washington DC Metro after the latter caved to pressure from progressive activists and tore down ads for my book, DANGEROUS,” MILO said in a statement to Breitbart News. The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority removed a transit ad that MILO placed in their subway cars and stations after an outcry from several members of the DC community.

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“The ad violates Metro’s advertising guidelines. We are in the process of removing the ads,” Metro spokesman Richard Jordan said in a statement after the ad campaign’s removal.

In a quote, MILO said that he’s glad the ACLU was willing to take on this important civil rights issue. “I’m glad that the ACLU has decided to tackle a real civil rights issue. I’m joined in this lawsuit by fellow plaintiffs including pharmaceutical villains and vitamin-deficient vegans, but I’m no stranger to odd bedfellows. Free speech isn’t about only supporting speech you agree with, it is about supporting all speech — especially the words of your enemies. Strong opponents keep us honest.

“The ACLU has backed plenty of bad causes in the past, but they are also often in the right, such as today. The citizens of Washington D.C. have to worry about living in a corrupt swamp brimming with violent crime. They deserve to be protected from that — not from free speech in their public transportation system,” MILO added.

The ACLU is teaming up with four brands who have been deemed too controversial to place ads in DC subway cars and stations. Amongst the others include Carafem, a health care network that specializes in getting women access to birth control and medication abortion; People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA); and Milo Worldwide LLC.

You can read the press release in its entirety below.