Is free speech in a state of crisis on college campuses? Those with a strong opinion say it’s either a dire concern, citing disrupted speeches, or blown way out of proportion in response to cherry-picked incidents. Many conservatives will argue the former, but you can apparently count President Trump as one of the skeptics.
Charlie Kirk, executive director of the conservative student group Turning Point USA, spoke with Trump at a panel discussion on Thursday.
Their conversation covered the recent changes to the tax code, vocational schools, and political correctness. Kirk also requested advice from the president for the “young patriots and conservatives on campus that support your agenda that are being ridiculed and silenced because administrators are clamping down on free speech.”
The president responded that one or two campuses get all the publicity. (Trump last year raised the idea of revoking federal funds from the University of California at Berkeley following the violent protests against a speech by Milo Yiannopoulos.)
But he appeared to ultimately brush aside Kirk’s premise. He said the “vast majority” of people on campuses “want free speech."
trump knows jews are where the money is he and jewtin both know this
Caleb Wright
Trump is more out of touch than Hillary.
William King
Luegenpresse
Landon Reyes
Why is Trump being such a idiot? Is it because he’s a boomer?
Daniel Hall
Notice how Trump doesn't actually say this, but the article tries to claim he does anyway.
Jace Adams
yes. i should know
Anthony Hill
That's how desperate left have become, they constantly invent or purposely misunderstand what Trump does.
Julian Reyes
Drumpfags in charge of reading
Liam Thompson
He is right, though. I only hear about the same campuses over and over again. It is highly overblown, and he's making college Republicans realize the Fake Media is rusing them.
Jason Perez
CAN'T STUMP THE TRUMP
Hunter Brown
They're rusing themselves. It's fake panic and victim complexes. This is why identity politics is stupid.
Jordan Wood
TAKE THE FREE SPEECH FIRST, GO THROUGH DUE PROCESS SECOND
Noah Young
NO GUNS NO FREE SPEECH PRAISE TRUMP
Cooper Bailey
But it is overblown. Most of the issues happen on private campuses, not public. The govt can't control what private institutions do to their students, that's what the court is for. Public colleges don't have this sort of issue nearly as often and when you hear about it, it's always the same few who keep having this problem. Yes it is a problem, but at the same time it's overblown. The legislation only makes it illegal for colleges to kick someone out or discipline them for having a different opinion, which rarely even happens in the first place on public campuses.
Jordan Ortiz
it might be overblown, but Trump can still be much more clear and unequivocal about where he stands on the 1st and 2nd amendment. He tends not to though, he tends to basically sit there and let it happen like everyhing else. PEople seem to think it's ok too for it to be like this, or think you're a 'shill' just for wanting to pressure the guy to commit to the consitution. It's obvious that there is something wrong with Trump and he's not exactly interested in directly doing what voters put him in for.
Cameron Foster
He's trying to get other things done. The next thing on the agenda is infrastructure reform. He needs bipartisan support for this. I understand he's trying to be middle of the road on things but it's unfortunate that he needs to. It's because of how retarded politics are that prevent what needs to be done from getting done.
Wyatt Edwards
trump is there for one thing. trump. he does not give a single shit what voters think and every single decision he makes he asks himself "does this personally benefit me?"
Levi Johnson
WTF I LOVE HILLARY NOW
Aiden Morgan
america can do better instead of embracing russian dnc shills
Jason King
who should we vote for next time, shill?
Connor Campbell
Libertarian, duh.
Jose Kelly
Look at the source video dumbass. The line is taken out of context. He is telling the college republicans to not be discouraged as there is a lot of colleges that do have free-speech and that the media is focusing on the ones that are super left.
Kevin Bell
You did not vote for him so stop pretending that you give a shit about that.
