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BBT #15 Snippet | SC State Rescinded a Commencement Speaker, Got Threatened With Defunding
South Carolina State University invited Lt. Governor Pamela Evette as its spring commencement speaker. Students pushed back immediately — over 2,000 signed a petition, silent protests were held on campus, and the argument was straightforward: a Republican lieutenant governor aligned with the Trump administration's elimination of DEI programs and abolition of academic tenure does not represent the values or the mission of the institution or the students it exists to serve. The university listened. The invitation was rescinded. And within days, members of the South Carolina Freedom Caucus…
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