Corn is home in Manhattan for winter break, and said she feels more comfortable coming forward with her story now that the semester is over and she's not on campus.
Posted on 12/15/2016 5:11:25 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
Cornell University is investigating a report that the president of Cornell Republicans was attacked just after Donald Trump's election.
The evening after the election, sophomore Olivia Corn, president of Cornell University College Republicans, said she was shoved to the ground while leaving a meeting and heading to her dorm room.
"Out of nowhere I was on my phone and looking at my email and out of nowhere I felt two hands grab my shoulders and just sort of threw me to the ground, and they were yelling 'Fuck you racist bitch, you support a racist party,'" Corn said.
She said the attacker ran away after the incident, and she did not see his or her face. She reported the incident to Cornell police the next day.
John Carberry, senior director of media relations at Cornell, confirmed Wednesday that the university is investigating Corn's case. No suspects have been identified in connection with the case yet, Carberry said. The university also said there have been no other similar complaints reported since Nov. 8.
Corn said this was not the first time she has been harassed for her political stance. Corn and Cornell University College Republicans have been in the spotlight a few times this year in local and national media, which Corn said has made her easily identifiable on campus.
"People yell in my face all the time. I get random messages telling me what I should and should not be doing on Facebook, in my email," Corn said. "I've had a history of people not liking me so much."
After Corn was quoted in a Cornell Daily Sun article in May saying she would vote for Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton, she said she received death threats.
Though Corn said she was uninjured, the attack has left her feeling nervous to walk around campus alone. She now carries an alarm with her.
"It definitely scared me," Corn said. "I'm afraid to walk by myself at night anymore. ... I don't feel that safe or comfortable anymore. I didn't have that alarm for a day and I realized how scared I was to walk without it."
Corn said she has been surprised she has received so much "flak," as she considers herself a moderate Republican, who is pro-gay marriage, pro-choice and does not deny climate change.
Corn is home in Manhattan for winter break, and said she feels more comfortable coming forward with her story now that the semester is over and she's not on campus.
Despite the incident, Corn said she will continue to serve as president of Cornell Republicans.
Corn is home in Manhattan for winter break, and said she feels more comfortable coming forward with her story now that the semester is over and she's not on campus.
I bet this ISN’T a hoax.
Wandering around in Condition Green.
WTH - isn't anyone teaching these kids about personal security?
She must not be from NYC. One learns OPSEC and situational awareness at an early age.
[COBOL2Java: Born and raised in Brooklyn and Queens]
You know the FBI would be on the scene in a heartbeat if the circumstances were different.
But you also know the FBI will not show up for crimes against certain victims.
The peace loving left at tolerant Cornell.
What are the best colleges/universites, in side the USA or outside, to send children to learn and not be indoctrinated?
“Corn said she has been surprised she has received so much “flak,” as she considers herself a moderate Republican, who is pro-gay marriage, pro-choice and does not deny climate change.”
So why does she believe she is a Republican? Probably a hoax. Doesn’t ring true.
The punks who attack the student president should be indicted on a full set of state and federal criminal, civil rights, and terrorist charges and then subjected to civil lawsuits.
No plea bargaining. These punks should experience incarcerated grief for years to come and serve as a precedent for the courts in dealing with other leftist scum.
Sounds positively misogynist.
Identity politics only matter when you serve THE Party, otherwise you are a race traitor sellout bitch. < /True Story >
I disagree, Cornell will work very hard to find out who did this... so they can reward them.
The Democrat Thug Party.
Unless carrying an “alarm” is a euphemism for carrying a small pistol or large knife then I don’t think this young lady truly understands her situation. I know, campus rules. Well f*** their rules.
“she considers herself a moderate Republican, who is pro-gay marriage, pro-choice and does not deny climate change.”
Capitulation didn’t help, did it?
If the 19 year old Ann Coulter were attending Cornell today, I am not sure she would make it out alive.
Those Republicans are turning on their own! No way it was a mob of Democrats. We are the party of tolerance./sarc
Back in the day, when I was on the campus of the U of C (southside of Chicago)in the 70’s, we were told to carry a whistle. It was called the Whistle-Stop program. If anything untoward happened to you, you were to start blowing your whistle. If you ever heard a whistle sounding, you were to join in the whistling, too. I guess a personal alarm is the natural progression. Libs are in meltdown.......too bad Obama’s Pravda/Media doesn’t bother to report the truth.
“she considers herself a moderate Republican, who is pro-gay marriage, pro-choice and does not deny climate change.”
Then why is she a Republican?
Those positions are not “moderate;” they are ultra-hard left lunatic satanic evil.
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