Bingo.
Crazy people at Rutgers don't want Condoleezza Rice at their commencement over her role in the Iraq war? Dude, WAY more than two years ago.
— big tuna (@keder) May 3, 2014
Following sit-ins and other protests by Rutgers students and faculty who demanded “No honors for war criminals,” former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice announced she will not speak at the university’s commencement ceremony.
Commencement should be a time of joyous celebration for the graduates and their families. Rutgers’ invitation to me to speak has become a distraction for the university community at this very special time.
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I understand and embrace the purpose of the commencement ceremony and I am simply unwilling to detract from it in any way.
My statement on Rutgers University commencement: http://t.co/KtGPeHzoaV
— Condoleezza Rice (@CondoleezzaRice) May 3, 2014
A classy response to the liberal mob.
https://twitter.com/ChrisBarnhart/statuses/462591957844246529
Fox News’ Brit Hume and Monica Crowley are disgusted by the anti-speech screeches from oh-so-tolerant academia.
Sickening development. “@RichLowry: EXCLUSIVE: Rice Withdraws from Rutgers Commencement http://t.co/6w3RSEZsVS via @NRO”
— Brit Hume (@brithume) May 3, 2014
Rice withdrawal as Rutgers commencement speaker a further example of what @FredBarnes was describing here: http://t.co/aM2PYu7hNy
— Brit Hume (@brithume) May 3, 2014
Marketplace of ideas? Nope. RT @RichLowry: EXCLUSIVE: Rice Withdraws from Rutgers Commencement http://t.co/u9KwnbsoAQ via @NRO
— Monica Crowley (@MonicaCrowley) May 3, 2014
And they’re not alone. Remember when dissent was patriotic?
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/462594681361399809
War on Women alert! Thug squad chases accomplished black woman away from giving speech on campus! http://t.co/ngQK3VNUVn
— John Hayward (@Doc_0) May 3, 2014
I'm *not* a fan of Condi Rice, but she's the most accomplished #natsec African American woman in history. Running her off campus = disgrace.
— John Schindler (@20committee) May 3, 2014
I wish @CondoleezzaRice had not declined the @RutgersU commencement speech. Folks need to stop trippin.
— rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) May 3, 2014
Wonder how graduates of #Rutgers feel about pushing away an accomplished black woman? I thought progressives were supposed to be tolerant.
— Brian Wilson (@BrianWilson997) May 3, 2014
https://twitter.com/hboulware/status/462599378310426624
.@RutgersU Thanks for putting another nail in the free speech & thought coffin, you classless pigs. @CondoleezzaRice
— SFK (@stephenkruiser) May 3, 2014
https://twitter.com/NathanWurtzel/status/462594659651313664
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/462605063870230529
Free speech & thought are dying faster on our college campuses than almost anywhere else in America right now. @RutgersU
— SFK (@stephenkruiser) May 3, 2014
.@RutgersU Why do your graduates this year hate successful minority women?
— SFK (@stephenkruiser) May 3, 2014
https://twitter.com/Matthops82/status/462605677811494914
Someone is going to get a smart and inspiring commencement speaker in @CondoleezzaRice #notrutgers
— Roy S. Johnson (@roysj) May 3, 2014
Let's come back in forty years and see if any of those Rutgers graduates have accomplished as much in their lives as Condi Rice has.
— Jim Geraghty (@jimgeraghty) May 3, 2014
Exit question:
Hey people who drove C. Rice away from Rutgers — would you have done the same for Hillary or John Kerry, who actually voted for that war?
— David Freddoso (@freddoso) May 3, 2014
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