Gun activist, and Conservative badass, Antonia Okafor was all set to speak at Hampshire College when the event was magically canceled just hours before her speech was scheduled to begin.
"Although the group hosting the event had previously received email approval, an administrator waited until the day of the event to deny a "contract request form," saying the Second Amendment "is a very controversial subject." #HampshireHatesFreedom https://t.co/GYP68erk2C
— Antonia Okafor Cover (@antonia_okafor) December 7, 2017
From Campus Reform:
Rahim Hirani, president of Junoon, received approval to host the event on Monday, according to an email thread obtained by Campus Reform. But at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, as Okafor was already on her way to campus, the school reversed course.
“The Contract Request Form that was submitted was denied because it did not have complete information about the presenter,” Carolyn Strycharz, director of campus leadership, informed Hirani by email, going on to call the very nature of the event “controversial.”
Of course, the application was filled out but that didn’t stop them from releasing this lame apology:
Hampshire College sincerely apologizes to @antonia_okafor for canceling your speech tonight that was to have been held on our campus. Here is our full public apology and statement: https://t.co/0Gygr0SQPN
— Hampshire College (@hampshirecolg) December 7, 2017
Ummm, wow.
Seems the President of Hampshire College then contacted Antonia to take full responsibility for the cancellation and stated it shouldn’t have happened.
CORRECTION: The President of Hampshire College just called me directly and told me that they take "full responsibility" for the mistake and should NOT have canceled. I told them they must send out another apology where they rescind their blame of the student involved. They have.
— Antonia Okafor Cover (@antonia_okafor) December 7, 2017
Hampshire College's NEW apology. An actual one. Not one that blames the student for an error he did not make. https://t.co/0XdmqcI9kw
— Antonia Okafor Cover (@antonia_okafor) December 7, 2017
Took ’em long enough.
Why on Earth would any college find a strong, black, Conservative female and gun advocate to be controversial?
Wait, don’t answer that.
When the 1st Amendment is denied to a black female Conservative who promotes the 2nd Amendment. https://t.co/VuBTLCrTwC@antonia_okafor
— Sebastian Gorka DrG (@SebGorka) December 7, 2017
Welcome to 2017.
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