Politics & Government
Ann Coulter Still Plans On Speaking In Berkeley
The conservative commentator fired off a string of tweets defending her right to speak.
BERKELEY, CA — Ann Coulter took to Twitter to decry the "fake news" story out of the San Francisco Chronicle Wednesday that said her scheduled engagement to speak on the campus of UC Berkeley had been cancelled.
Here is one of the eight tweets she fired off in the span of about 20 minutes Wednesday afternoon:
If I were going to Berkeley to get an abortion, this would be a national scandal - https://t.co/EQsiAEWPpW
— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) April 19, 2017
Her actions were in response to an email UC Berkeley administrators wrote to event sponsors Tuesday, saying they cancelled the event because they say they won’t be able to protect participants from rioting if it should happen.
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“We have been unable to find a safe and suitable venue for your planned April 27 event featuring Ann Coulter,” vice chancellors Scott Biddy and Stephen Sutton emailed the student groups co-hosting the event — the Berkeley College Republicans and BridgeUSA — Tuesday evening.
"No school accepting public funds can ban free speech," she tweeted.
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