AND A SPEECH THAT WILL NEVER BE GIVEN – AND IT IS SO SAD – AT 1:20 P.M. ET:  Republican Senator John Cornyn of Texas, a powerful member of the Senate, was invited to deliver the commencement address at a traditionally black college in his state.  That invitation has now been cancelled because of "protests."  From Fox: 

Texas Southern University, a historically black university, announced Friday that Sen. John Cornyn’s Saturday commencement speech was canceled after opposition from students at the school.

The cancellation of Cornyn’s address came just days after Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was booed and heckled as she delivered a commencement speech at a different historically black university, Bethune-Cookman University in Florida.

Cornyn’s spokesman said, “Sen. Cornyn was honored to be invited to address TSU’s graduates, but he respects the administration’s decision and looks forward to continuing to engage with the university in the future.”

Students at Texas Southern University in Houston had circulated a petition demanding the Texas senator be withdrawn as a commencement speaker, citing various stances he has taken. These included his confirmation votes in favor of DeVos and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, his opposition to funding for so-called sanctuary cities that protect immigrants and his support for photo IDs for voting. The petition also cited Cornyn’s low rating by the NAACP.

COMMENT:  There's dumb, and there's really dumb.  This is really dumb.  Engaging with a powerful figure, attempting to influence him or her, is what smart people do. 

Cornyn, by the way, is under consideration to be FBI director.  Wouldn't you want to have influence with a man like that?

This is the latest in a series of acts suppressing free speech at our colleges and universities.  Where, precisely, are the "liberal" journalists of The New York Times or the Washington Post or CNN when this kind of behavior erupts?  Missing in action...because secretly they agree with the thuggery.

May 13,  2017