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turbinetree

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Sat May 2, 2026, 06:17 PM Saturday

Firestorm as MAGA official retaliates against HBCU: 'We should defund her salary' [View all]

By Bennito L. Kelty
Published May 2, 2026 5:50 PM ET

The move to pull funding from a South Carolina historically Black university outraged online commentators, as they're shocked by the retaliatory move.

Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette supported calls by GOP state reps to stop funding South Carolina State University because it rescinded an invitation for her to speak at commencement. In a public statement, she said that it was an example of "silenced freedom of speech," but onlookers weren't buying it. Congressional candidate Randi White called Evette a "racist turd" in a post on X.

"You losing a commencement slot isn’t discrimination against conservative views," Matthew Boedy wrote. "No one is silencing your speech, especially not a government institution."

https://www.rawstory.com/pamela-evette-hate/

That's it Lt. Gov. just come right out and discriminate...............maybe she should have asked if the faculty and student body had a say in this matter............you know free speech and all.............since she is going around and whining about its my way or the highway..............you know like that orange hair traitor sitting at the ready to go to his LIV golf tournament at the Doral course, this weekend getting ready to massage his fragile ego..........

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