White House: What Is Happening with Free Speech on Campus Is ‘Appalling’

White House: What Is Happening with Free Speech on Campus Is ‘Appalling’

by Dan Riehl 27 Apr 2017Washington, DC

http://www.breitbart.com/radio/2017/04/27/white-house-what-is-happening-free-speech-campus-appalling/

Cliff Sims, special assistant to President Trump, spoke with Breitbart News Daily SiriusXM host Alex Marlow on Thursday regarding several topics, including free speech on college campuses, the president’s tax plan, the Obamacare compromise bill, and the administration’s first 100 days.

Asked about recent events like the cancellation of Ann Coulter’s speech and the chilling impact on free speech of ongoing leftist protests at UC Berkeley and elsewhere, Sims said, “Free speech is the lynchpin of democracy here in the United States. As I watch personally what is going on out there, it is appalling.”

“It is a sad state of affairs to the legacy of … a campus that has been a beacon – considered itself a beacon of free speech throughout the years. And it is just disheartening to see that in the United States of America today that more and more free speech only applies to speech that you agree with.”

UC Berkeley

Haas School of Business is a business school at the University of California, Berkeley.

Note: Richard C. Blum is a board member at the Haas School of Business, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a regent at the University of California, and married to California Senator Dianne Feinstein.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, and Gavin Newsom was invited to his 2013 wedding reception.

David H. Romer was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and is a professor at the University of California, Berkeley.

University of California, Berkeley is a University of California campus.

Haas School of Business is a business school at the University of California, Berkeley.

Dianne Feinstein is married to Richard C. Blum, a California congressional delegation senator, and was a San Francisco (CA) mayor.

Gavin Newsom was a San Francisco (CA) mayor, invited to George Soros’s 2013 wedding reception, and is the lieutenant governor for the California state government.

Russell Gould was a director of the Department of Finance for the California state government, and is a regent at the University of California.

Joanne Corday Kozberg was the secretary of state for the California state government, and a regent at the University of California.

University of California, Berkeley is a University of California campus.

Haas School of Business is a business school at the University of California, Berkeley.

Richard C. Blum is a board member at the Haas School of Business, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a regent at the University of California, and married to California Senator Dianne Feinstein.