'They looked for something they could find to prevent us from bringing Milo back'
The College Republicans at University of California Irvine are claiming victory, following the reversal of a decision by administrators to suspend them for a year. “It’s a huge victory for freedom of speech and assembly, and I think this move proves that there is bias to political ideologies in this administration,” said Ariana Rowlands, President of the UCI College Republicans.
The disciplinary action was imposed after a June 2nd event hosting the controversial right wing speaker Milo Yiannopoulos. He visited the students as part of his “Dangerous Faggot Tour.” The administration based the action on a contractual insurance violation at the event. However, the University changed course following a social media firestorm and national petition supporting the students. First administrators temporarily lifted the ban pending an appeal, and now have permanently lifted the suspension and cancelled the appeals process........The College Republicans deny being aware of the infraction, and they point out that administrators didn’t notify them until 18 days after the event.
“It’s very clear that after I met with them and after I told them Milo is coming back, that they went through everything they had and looked for something they could find to prevent us from bringing Milo back and prevent us from exercising our rights,” said Rowlands. The group also points out that they had a similar infraction at an event hosting conservative writer David Horowitz in May, and were never disciplined nor notified......
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