Student organizers for Young America’s Foundation are reporting Berkeley College administrators told them the university had no place for Ann Coulter on campus. The staff reportedly emailed organizers saying they were unable to “find a safe suitable venue” for Coulter.
Ann Coulter is in no way, shape or forms a nobody. There is a reason young conservatives would arrange for her to visit and give a guest speech on immigration. Coulter is a 12-time bestselling author. Furthermore, her No. 2 New York Times Bestselling book ‘Adios, America!’ is widely acknowledged as being the backbone of President Trump’s immigration policy.
To make things even worse for Berkeley, Coulter agreed to follow their imposing campus speech guidelines. But, the crackdown on free speech at Berkeley has little to do with protecting people and everything to do with isolating the students from hearing other viewpoints that might obstruct their systematic liberal arts brainwashing.
“Coulter, we were informed, would be required to deliver her speech in the afternoon; only students would be allowed to attend; and the speech location would not be announced until close to the event,” they continued. “Against our advice, Coulter agreed to all these requirements. In return, she requested two measures, which actually had something to do with safety.”
1) That the University of California chancellor request that the Oakland chief of police refrain from telling his men to stand down and ignore law-breaking by rioters attempting to shut down conservative speakers, as he has done in the past; and
2) That UC-Berkeley announce in advance that any students engaging in violence, mayhem or heckling to prevent an invited speaker from speaking would be expelled.
As Coulter explained, “If Berkeley wants to have free speech, it can have it.”
The university’s response was to ban her speech.”
That is absurd and thankfully the students sponsoring the speech are refusing to back down.
“We have no intention of acceding to these unconstitutional acts,” the organization concluded. “The Ann Coulter lecture sponsored by Young America’s Foundation will go forward.”
No other information about the planned change in venue to bring Ann Coulter to Berkeley but more details on this struggle will be released as they unfold.
UPDATE:
After cancelling her planned speech on campus, the University of California-Berkeley told the Washington Post that conservative author Ann Coulter will be invited to speak next week.
Coulter’s speech was originally canceled, despite the fact the 55-year-old said she agreed to several unusual terms imposed on her by the college.
She said Wednesday that she would visit campus and speak on her originally-scheduled date anyway, remarking: “What are they going to do? Arrest me?”
The college said in an email to the Post on Thursday that it will reserve time for her to speak on May 2.
But, a College Republican group involved with the original event’s planning said they may reject the terms of the new speaking engagement, the paper reported.
Time for yet another Antifa$#%&!@*kicking?