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Pennsylvania Dem Threatens To Withhold Funding From University of Pittsburgh Over Conservative Speakers
Washington Free Beacon ^ | 3/22/23 | Aaron Sibarium

Posted on 03/22/2023 12:11:17 PM PDT by CFW

A Pennsylvania lawmaker on Tuesday issued what free speech advocates are calling a veiled threat to withhold funding from the University of Pittsburgh over the school's decision to allow several conservative speakers on campus.

During an appropriations hearing on university funding, Pennsylvania state representative La'Tasha Mayes (D.) demanded that Pitt disinvite Cabot Phillips, Riley Gaines, and Michael Knowles from upcoming campus events. All three speakers have a history of "targeting transgender students," Mayes claimed—especially Knowles, whom she accused of saying that "transgender people should be eradicated."

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: censors; crazy; freespeech; leftist
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The crazy politicians are getting crazier by the day. Those college students we see rioting in law schools now will be our future representatives in our state legislatures. From there they move to federal positions and then into the White House.

Conservative leadership was foolish to cede the colleges to the left. Voters were told to "take the high road" and not to object since that communist culture was just on campuses. Well, guess what? It escaped and is now everywhere.

1 posted on 03/22/2023 12:11:17 PM PDT by CFW
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To: CFW

Voltaire weeps.


2 posted on 03/22/2023 12:14:50 PM PDT by DallasBiff (Kamala is not the sharpest knife in the drawer)
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To: CFW

For those old enough, remember when colleges had no problem letting Communists give speeches?

Now the Communists are in charge and they’re singing a different tune.


3 posted on 03/22/2023 12:17:20 PM PDT by servo1969
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To: ConservativeInPA

“She” should just get her butt back to Africa!


5 posted on 03/22/2023 12:18:10 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as.)
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Mayes claimed—especially Knowles, whom she accused of saying that "transgender people should be eradicated."

The University should do their own investigation into these claims and determine if true or not. I suspect they are not but I've never heard of any of the three "accused" people.

If no evidence is found to support Mayes' claims...or evidence is found that she is lying...they could just politely tell her to go bark at the moon.

6 posted on 03/22/2023 12:19:13 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (You can never have enough clamps. Thanks Ben.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Riley Gaines is a woman college swimmer, who spoke out against the transgender who calls himself “Lia Thomas”, who is a biological male who has won many women’s swim meets against actual females.


7 posted on 03/22/2023 12:21:17 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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I doubt the school will budge.

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center never had a mask mandate.

On top of that they told the governor to pound sand and continued elective surgeries.


8 posted on 03/22/2023 12:27:00 PM PDT by meatloaf
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Every governor had better take note.

Every state that takes money from Fedzilla to balance and/or pad its budget is at Deep State’s mercy.

And Deep State has shown it doesn’t have any.


9 posted on 03/22/2023 12:29:12 PM PDT by mewzilla (We will never restore the republic if we don't first secure the ballot box.)
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Is this one a tranny? I wouldn't be surprised.

10 posted on 03/22/2023 12:30:26 PM PDT by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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La'Tasha Mayes — straight out of D.W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation. He was mighty prescient.

11 posted on 03/22/2023 12:33:29 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Ah...thanks.


12 posted on 03/22/2023 12:34:41 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (You can never have enough clamps. Thanks Ben.)
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LaTasha. Lol.


13 posted on 03/22/2023 12:35:53 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: servo1969

That freedom of speech things is still worth fighting to save.

Without it we have very little left.

“Stalin Five Year Replacement Tractor Plan Brings Triumphs for Workers.”
Pravda.


14 posted on 03/22/2023 12:37:36 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: CFW

Give politicians unlimited printed, fiat money, unlimited debt, and unlimited taxing power - and they will ALL turn to fascists/marxists.


15 posted on 03/22/2023 12:38:30 PM PDT by PGR88
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” Those college students we see rioting in law schools now will be our future representatives in our state legislatures.”

Makes you think of how those 1960’s radicals wound up in charge of our government.


16 posted on 03/22/2023 12:40:23 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (“Racist” is the new “Nazi”.)
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To: fatima; Fresh Wind; st.eqed; xsmommy; House Atreides; Nowhere Man; PaulZe; brityank; Physicist; ...

Pennsylvania Ping!

Please ping me with articles of interest.

FReepmail me to be added to the list.

17 posted on 03/22/2023 12:40:59 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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“La’Tasha Mayes...”

Let me guess...


18 posted on 03/22/2023 12:46:41 PM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how thery control you. )
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Pennsylvania deserves what it elected including the dead guy, Festerburg, and this clown! Must be the sulfur in that river flowing through the burg.....


19 posted on 03/22/2023 12:52:35 PM PDT by eeriegeno (Checks and balances??? What checks and balances?)
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To: NohSpinZone

Looks like BB King and Whoopi Goldberg had a love child.


20 posted on 03/22/2023 2:41:27 PM PDT by Boogieman
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