President Trump hugged the American flag at the Conservative Political Action Conference annual meeting Saturday. By Susan Svrluga Susan Svrluga Reporter covering higher education for the Grade Point blog Email Bio Follow March 4 at 8:03 PM Conservative activists cheered loudly and applauded when President Trump announced Saturday that he would make federal funding for universities contingent on support for free speech.
A White House official said Monday there were no further announcements at this time, referring questions back to the president’s remarks Saturday. UC-Berkeley was again a target this year. Trump stood on stage at CPAC with a conservative activist who was attacked while “tabling” — sharing information — in Berkeley’s public plaza, which has long been a national symbol of free speech. Video of the punch went viral, reinforcing the stereotype that conservative thought is viewed with hostility on the state flagship campus.
Leaders of several other public research universities and the interest group that represents them said Trump’s proposed action is unwarranted.
STRIP IT ..STRIP IT GOOD...
Rightfully so. Speech is free. Don’t like the message, don’t listen. But don’t shield the obvious haters...
90% of this funding to colleges come from the state government good luck with that 1 trump Just shows how stupid you really are
Ironically someone threatens schools about free speech than turns around and complains about “fake” media. SMH
Love this! Pass the executive order
Trump's understanding of free speech: offends others, but not me. Talk bad about others, but not about me.
Trump is ABSOLUTELY 100% correct. We need to stop trying to kill the US Constitution with FEELINGS. Free speech or no funding. And the same rules should apply for Facebook and Zuck's little commie community that punishes anyone without a liberal agenda.
Political game and a point. Get the dems to argue against a bill promoting free speech. Point is you don’t hear the right tamping down free speech on colleges just the left
He doesn't know what the f he's talking about.
Questions like, “So can I collect welfare if I’m secretly a fascist?” I hope.
This is not governing, this is bullying
Since were talking about college he might as just released his SAT scores that he threatened his forrmer college over.
The man who would love nothing more than to censor the free press wants to be the arbiter of what constitutes free speech on a college campus. Seems legit.
How is protecting free speech even contraversial? The answer, democrats hold their echo chambers as hollowed ground that took years to take control of and no one is going to take that away.
You know you have a problem when you genuinely have to ask if what the leader of your country is saying is true. Why do we even fool ourselves by claiming we still live in a democracy? This is an authoritarian dictatorship with a pathological liar at the helm.
He should reinstate the Smith-Mundt act as well. Next up, free speech being enforced on social media. realDonaldTrump Thank you for fighting for us Mr president. Everything you have been doing has made us better and is truly appreciated.
Free speech or hate speech? Come WaPo, at least put some effort into your headlines.
To take fed $$ they should have to apply our freedoms to ALL groups. And , its clear to see that conservative, Trump supporting students are currently under ATTACK by liberal professors and students alike. Its truly stark.
It’s beginning to Actually Look like he Could Shoot Somebody On 5th Ave. and get away with it.
Hey wapo. You needed to put quotations around 'free speech' Yes, it's provocative. But it matters enormously because (surprise) Trump's definition will be completely off and wrapped up in right wing rhetoric.
Hes always threatening to take someone's money on a bogus charge that him and fox cooked up. Maybe hes already embezzling that money. Is there anyone in government that can check on that.
After reading the comments I can’t believe how many dumb people are on here thinking free speech is being violated at colleges and the fact that he said it at a conference where a conservative wack job was kicked out.
He really, really, really, really Wants to be the King. TrumpCrimeFamily
So a 'Christian' university has students receiving federal dollars. Would this apply if someone wanted to give a pro-choice speech or host a BlackLivesMatter rally on such a campus?
'El Douchebag' 😐
What are you complaining about? WaPo doesn't care about free speech, either. You guys censor comments like Commie China censors the Internet.
How is it possible to have a discussion about free speech in college. Is it not the unique place where it is part of the curriculum.
This is a poorly written headline.
Exactly what rubric will be used to determine suppression of free speech? I understand that conservative voices are allegedly being given constrained bandwidth on some campuses but this Pence-influenced directive is another executive fiat stretch.
No questions, it should have been done decades ago
Hate speech benefits Trump thats all he cares about.
Let’s remind ourselves that not all speech is protected under “free speech”. Speech intended to cause harm (bogus “fire” in a theater), hate speech, incitement of riot or violence are already covered by SCOTUS rulings.
What exactly is “free speech”? This racist hypocritical administration is certainly no judge. realDonaldTrump WhiteHouse VP SenToomey RuleOfLaw
AKA just the fringe half truths he promotes.
There should be no questions , it is truly ridiculous to even have to do this . Universities used to be known as campuses of free thought. Not today you either think “my way” or you don’t teach here, speak here and are not welcome here. It is a travesty! All thoughts 1 amendment
I just.... I can’t
what's funny is that they think 'free speech' means 'you can't protest against hateful things i want to say', so really he wants colleges that allow HATE speech but not protests that are...gasp!...free speech!
He means racism
Your free speech ends when it encroaches in my liberty to be free of your Racist language and homophobic believes.
It’s called the 1st Amendment. realDonaldTrump seems to want to force people to listen to Hate Speech, Nationalistic speech, white Supremacy speech and many students have rejected that type of speaker. He literally wants to force them to listen to anti Semitic speech for funding
Will this apply to Liberty University? 🙄
Conservatives tend to have a very idiosyncratic definition of 'free speech' -- which boils down to letting them express whatever crude or insulting thoughts linger in their heads without consequence, or even criticism.
That's kinda rich coming from a guy who wants to censor the news.
This from the ass that threatens the press daily.
ucalberkeley hates free speech
It’s a shame our colleges don’t respect free speech.
Fascist Democrats hate free speech
Call Jill is already support free speech.What Trump is threatening to take away federal funding from schools that do not host Republican backed hate speech, which was the cause of riots in California last year
Free speech is protected by the constitution. Trump is right to enforce that liberty when colleges infringe on the rights of EVERY person
No university or College that suppresses free speech shld have access to taxpayer funds
Who questions free speech?!
Freedom of speech is the reason why WaPo exists
Translation: protect hate speech on campus
Hate does not emanate from decent, intelligent people; it is only bred by ignorance and despair. Any “true” American should feel shame that our country is now fertile ground for the bigotry and hate-filled politics now embodied in our “president” and celebrated by his followers!
POTUS realDonaldTrump really wants to make sure that Baylor hosts a speaker touting the virtues of BDS.
Are we really willing to allow Trump to define 'free speech'?
Cut NSF funding to « own the libs » and end up being owned by the rest of the world in science. Great tradeoff
Wait until he starts arresting politicians that break federal law. How about a warning then after that arrest them ? POTUS DOJgov
He can't legally blackmail ANY institution's research grants to force them to not protest hate speech.
'Free Speech' to realDonaldTrump means 'VIOLENCE'. Violence is not free speech.
I would assume everyone would be on board with his executive order
What colleges don’t support free speech? Your premise is flawed
the constitution guarantees free speech, it does NOT guarantee a platform from which to speak
Have questions. Many.
WT -literal- F?!?
It's simple. No Free Speech. No Free Funding.
Would that also include ignoring his Gag Rule?
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