President Trump acted boldly in defense of our First Amendment rights when he announced Saturday that he will sign an executive order requiring colleges and universities to protect free speech on their campuses in order to qualify for federal research dollars.
The president is right to stop our government from handing out taxpayer dollars to subsidize institutions that practice censorship – regardless of whether that censorship is used against those on the left or the right.
According to the National Science Foundation, the federal government gives colleges and universities over $26 billion annually to conduct research, the Washington Post reported.
The Constitution’s First Amendment protects all Americans against government efforts to restrict free speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, the right to peaceably assembly and the right to petition the government for the redress of grievances. It’s been part of the Constitution since 1791 and is fundamental to guaranteeing our liberty.
The president made his announcement at the Conservative Political Action Conference alongside Hayden Williams, a field representative for the Leadership Institute who was assaulted last month at the University of California-Berkeley while he was recruiting students to join the conservative group Turning Point USA.
Williams was repeatedly punched in the face in the unprovoked attack, leaving him with multiple bruises and a black eye. A video of the brutal assault went viral, receiving attention by Fox News and other conservative media organizations but little attention in the left-wing anti-Trump media.
A suspect in the attack was arrested Friday. Authorities said Zachary Greenberg, 28, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon and attempting to cause great bodily injury.
“College campuses have become increasingly unsafe for conservatives,” Charlie Kirk, the founder and executive director of Turning Point USA, told Fox News earlier. “Our amazing Turning Point USA team was talking and then confronted by the hateful left, which resulted in the assault and punching in the face just because of a difference of opinion. If the attacker was wearing a MAGA hat, this would be classified as a hate crime and all over every news channel.”
The silencing of conservatives on college campuses is serious problem that has spread across our nation. Even when administrators don’t actively prevent conservatives from speaking on campus, individual extremists sometimes take matters into their own hands by physically assaulting the speakers.
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