ABOVE: President Trump at CPAC
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At the Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday (March 2), President Donald Trump promised to sign an executive order cutting off funds to colleges and universities that do not maintain free speech.
“Today, I am proud to announce that I will be very soon signing an executive order requiring colleges and universities to support free speech if they want federal research funds,” Trump said in his speech.
The president said “it will be very costly” if institutions don’t comply, but he did not give many details about the possible executive order or who would decide if schools were adequately protecting free speech. Federal research funding amounts to more than $26 billion annually, according to the National Science Foundation.
The President brought conservative activist Hayden Williams to the stage during his speech. Williams was punched at the University of ...
