UVA Student Newspaper Ridiculed for Wanting Mike Pence Cancelled

The University of Virginia’s student newspaper received plenty of criticism after its editorial board wrote that they couldn’t “condone” former Vice President Mike Pence’s visit to the Charlottesville campus.

But they didn’t stop there.

Indeed, The Cavalier Daily’s editorial board called Pence’s speech “unjustifiable” and warned that Pence’s very beliefs threatened “the well-being and safety of students.”

Fox News reports:

Several journalists, political commentators, and more reacted to the editorial board’s piece on Twitter.

A senior legal affairs reporter for Politico, Josh Gerstein, used a hashtag to say student newspapers force censorship. The piece was first noted by Atlantic staff writer Conor Friedersdorf, who said Pence has spoken at several colleges and said there was “zero evidence” of students “being endangered as a result.”

A Republican pollster, Patrick Ruffini, said it was “idiotic and illiberal.” Mary Katharine Ham, a CNN contributor and senior writer at the Federalist, also took aim at the editorial board’s claims of violence.

“It does not threaten any lives,” she wrote on Twitter. Others took issue with the editorial board’s argument against what they describe as “unjustifiable” speech.

Other popular Twitter accounts, including from some who detest the former VP, chided the students.

Pence is scheduled to speak on campus in April at an event hosted by Young Americans for Freedom.

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