Defiance: University of California Responds to Executive Order on Campus Free Speech

UC President Janet Napolitano has issued a statement objecting to President Trump's executive order on campus free speech. Her words are petulant and false

https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/press-room/university-california-responds-executive-order-free-speech

"The executive order that President Trump signed today is unnecessary. Like many higher education institutions across the country, the University of California is ground zero for robust exchanges of ideas and differing viewpoints.

UC’s policies already align with applicable laws protecting free speech, a fundamental tenet of our democracy and the guiding principle of academic rigor. We have established a national free speech center to explore the evolving dynamics of the First Amendment on campuses. The university has spent significant resources on security and logistical support to facilitate the expression of diverse speakers and opinions. A simple visit to any of our campuses would underscore the superfluous nature of this executive order.

We do not need the federal government to mandate what already exists: our longstanding, unequivocal support for freedom of expression. That tradition is alive and thriving on all of our campuses. This executive order will only muddle policies surrounding free speech, while doing nothing to further the aim of the First Amendment."

As the late baseball great Gil Hodges used to say when arguing with errant umpires: "Horse feathers".

As a former part-time teacher in the UC system for 18 years, I can tell you that she doesn't know what she is talking about. While the issue is problematic all over the nation, UC campuses are among the worst offenders when it comes to conservative, pro-America, pro-Israel, pro-life, Republican  speakers or activists being disrupted, their events cancelled, and they themselves sometimes assaulted. I have all the documentaion of 12 years of violations right here on this blog, videos and all.

Napolitano, an open borders advocate, was a disaster as secretary of Homeland Security, and she is a disaster running the University of California.