The event reignited a debate over free speech at U-Va. after some on campus said the former vice president should not be given a platform because his rhetoric is dangerous. On Tuesday, Pence told the crowd, “We need this generation to be the freedom generation, starting right here at U-Va.”
“We need this generation to be the freedom generation,” he said, “starting right here at U-Va.”
The crowd chuckled when Pence said he had heard there was a “little controversy” preceding his visit.did not deserve a platform at U-Va., and that hateful rhetoric was “violent,” sparking backlash.Pence told the crowd, “The antidote to ‘cancel culture’ is freedom. The antidote to ‘woke America’ is freedom.”
A dozen protesters stayed outside the building where Pence spoke, including a woman wearing a rainbow flag as a cape as she handed out fliers describing anti-gay legislation she said Pence had supported.Shortly before the event, as people lined up to get into the speech, there were only a few protesters. Kristen Maggard, a fourth-year
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