INTERVIEW – SPENCER BROWN – spokesperson for Young America’s Foundation @YAF — IN STUDIO — discussed President Trump signing an executive order on campus free speech.
- Young America’s Foundation introduces students to conservatism through our campus programs and conferences. The Foundation also preserves the Reagan Ranch.
- Spencer was at the executive order signing.
INTERVIEW – HEATHER HUNTER – WMAL’s “Mornings on the Mall” executive producer — responded to President Trump’s executive order on campus free speech by telling her own story about being protested by professors on her own campus when she was in college 15 years ago.
INTERVIEW – NICKI NEILY – President of Speech First
- Speech First is a membership association of students, parents, faculty, alumni, and concerned citizens from across the country who want to support students’ free speech rights on campus.
- Nicki was at the executive order signing.
- Trump signs executive order to promote free speech on college campuses. (Fox News) — President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to promote free speech on college campuses by threatening colleges with the loss of federal research funding if they do not protect those rights. “We’re here to take historic action to defend American students and American values,” Trump said, surrounded by conservative student activists at the signing ceremony. “They’ve been under siege.”
“Under the guise of speech codes, safe spaces and trigger warnings, these universities have tried to restrict free thought, impose total conformity and shut down the voices of great young Americans like those here today,” he said.
A senior administration official said the order directs 12 grant-making agencies to use their authority in coordination with the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to ensure institutions that receive federal research or education grants promote free speech and free inquiry. White House officials have said it will apply to more than $35 billion in grants.
