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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTexas Southern University cancels speech by GOP Sen. John Cornyn amid outcry
#resistTexas Southern University cancels speech by GOP Sen. John Cornyn amid outcry
Texas Southern University has canceled a commencement speech by Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas. There had been outcry among students at the historically black university.
by Matthew Watkins May 12, 2017 20 hours ago
Texas Southern University said Friday that it has canceled its commencement speech by John Cornyn, the U.S. senator who represents the public university. The decision comes amid outcry on the Houston campus over the Republican senator's support for the Trump administration.
Cornyn had been set to speak at the historically black university on Saturday. The university said in a statement that it has asked Cornyn "to instead visit with our students again at a future date in order to keep the focus on graduates and their families."
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The university's statement didn't specifically give a reason for the cancellation. But Cornyn's planned appearance had been generating pushback. A petition on Change.org had generated 846 signatures. The petition said, "Having a politician such as him speak at our institution is an insult to the students, to TSU, and to all [historically black colleges and universities]."
The petition cited Cornyn's votes to confirm two of President Donald Trump's cabinet appointees Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Education Secretary Betsy DeVos. It also raised complaints about Cornyn's support for voter ID laws and efforts to block funding for "sanctuary cities."
"This is our graduation. We have the right to decide if we want to refuse to sit and listen to the words of a politician who chooses to use his political power in ways that continually harm marginalized and oppressed people," the petition said.
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https://www.texastribune.org/2017/05/12/texas-southern-university-cancels-speech-gop-sen-john-cornyn-amid-outc/
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Texas Southern University cancels speech by GOP Sen. John Cornyn amid outcry (Original Post)
babylonsister
May 2017
OP
Just read that this is the one they are prepping to take over when Trump is put down
Maraya1969
May 2017
#15
riversedge
(70,186 posts)1. Good for the resisters. Resisting does work.
malaise
(268,919 posts)2. Good
Enough of this shit
spanone
(135,819 posts)3. K&R...
Turbineguy
(37,317 posts)4. If I was running a University I would
invite such people as Cornyn just for the sheer pleasure of telling them to fuck off instead.
Dustlawyer
(10,495 posts)5. Who the Hell there invited him in the first place?
This was such a predictable outcome only a complete idiot would think it was a good idea!
zentrum
(9,865 posts)6. Why was he even
......invited? Who in administration ever thought this guy was an appropriate speaker?
brush
(53,764 posts)7. K&R
mountain grammy
(26,619 posts)8. Good.. he can spout whatever he spouts
but he doesn't have to spout it to an enlightened group of graduates who know most of what he says is false.
NoMoreRepugs
(9,411 posts)9. I would think Cornyn would still be hiding
in a closet somewhere recovering from the public ass whipping he took at the hands of Sally Yates
They_Live
(3,231 posts)10. K & R
Ilsa
(61,694 posts)11. Good for the students! And well-written explanation.
I'm surprised he was asked in the first place.
klook
(12,154 posts)12. Great! #resist (nt)
BumRushDaShow
(128,840 posts)13. K&R and then suddenly Cornyn ended up on the short list for FBI Dir.
yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)14. Resist! K&R Tweeted!
Maraya1969
(22,474 posts)15. Just read that this is the one they are prepping to take over when Trump is put down
I swear we should fight to get Hillary back since the problem was Russian interference and it is easy to come about to his win was a coup by the Russians.