Contained in this story is yet more evidence that Trump makes policy by watching Fox News.
Perhaps the president had started his morning by tuning in to Fox News. Shortly before Trump sent his tweet, commentator Todd Starnes had said that “President Trump should immediately issue an executive order blocking Berkeley students from receiving any federal funding. Same goes for any other public university that wants to silence conservative voices. Free speech for all or no federal money, not a single taxpayer penny, period.”
And then of course there’s Trump’s usual alternative facts.
Trump cast Wednesday’s ugly episode as evidence that “Berkeley does not allow free speech” when it is exactly the opposite. That the university agreed to host Yiannopoulos in the first place is a sign of its commitment to free speech, which the school reiterated in a statement condemning “the violence and unlawful behavior that was on display.”