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White House Responds to ‘Obscene’ Attack on Vice President Harris at University of South Carolina

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The White House on Wednesday avoided commenting on the recent outcry over Vice President Kamala Harris’ planned comedy “fondle” on the University of South Carolina campus.

The event has been fraught with controversy due to its vulgar promoting and the participation of far-right extremist figures, conservative provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos and Proud Boys co-founder Gavin McInnes, designated white supremacist hate group.

Uncensored America, a nonprofit that bills itself as a free speech organization, is hosting the event. An ad for the campus event scheduled for Sept. 18 includes vulgar and sexual references to Harris, the nation’s first female vice chairman.

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IN letter In condemning the event, the NAACP, the nation’s oldest and largest civil rights organization, said of the ad, “So that there is no doubt about the obscene nature of the image, instead of listing the Vice President’s name as Kamala, the ad changes the first three letters to a vulgar term for semen.”

NAACP President Derrick Johnson and South Carolina State Conference President Brenda Murphy called on USC President Michael Amiridis and the institution’s board of trustees to cancel the event.

“I cannot respond to every racist, misogynist and sexist comment that has been made,” a White House spokesman said.

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks with reporters during her every day press briefing within the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on April 24, 2024 in Washington. Jean-Pierre answered questions on laws signed by President Joe Biden this morning for $80 billion in foreign aid, abortion arguments at the Supreme Court and other topics. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Jean-Pierre, who’s the primary Black and openly LGBTQ person to function White House press secretary, added: “I want to speak on behalf of my colleagues. I think we’re all very proud to have the vice president as our vice president and for the work we’ve seen him do with the president over the last three and a half years.”

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She added that President Biden can be “proud” of Harris and the intentionally diverse administration they’ve built and led together.

Critics of the event on the USC campus say it goes beyond free speech and exposes students, especially black students, to hate speech and a hostile environment.

Johnson and Murphy of the NAACP indicate of their letter that black female students who spoke out against the “fucking” on campus on social media were subjected to “racist, misogynistic, sexually explicit, and lewd verbal attacks” after Yiannopoulos shared their posts on his social media platform, which has a whole bunch of hundreds of followers.

South Carolina State Senator Tameika Isaac Devine also released letter calling on President Amiridis to cancel the on-campus event. Devine argued that not only did it violate the institution’s discrimination policy, but it surely also sent “the wrong message to students, faculty, alumni, and donors” and would “undermine the progress” the university has made toward reconciliation after previously confronting its “difficult history with race.”

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“I strongly oppose our state-funded institution providing a platform for individuals or groups that promote hatred, division and violence. I strongly urge the university to reconsider hosting such a harmful event,” Devine said.

The NAACP noted that inviting McInnes and Yiannopoulos, specifically, poses a big risk to students and staff on campus. Leaders of the organization identified that extremist leaders and the Proud Boys have a “history of violence,” including the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Right-wing provocateur and Vice co-founder Gavin McInnes (center) pumps his fist during a rally at Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park on April 27, 2017 in Berkeley, California. Protesters gathered in Berkeley to protest the cancellation of a speech by American conservative political commentator Ann Coulter at UC Berkeley. (Photo by Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images)

“As president, you have a responsibility to protect the students who choose to attend USC, your employees, and campus guests,” the letter said. “We urge you to make the right decision and cancel the proposed event.”

AND petition A student petition calling on the university to withdraw from organizing the coed picnic has collected almost 25,000 signatures. In the list As local TV station Wis10 reported, USC President Amiridis refused to cancel the event, which he said was organized by the coed chapter of Uncensored America and “is not endorsed by the university.”

“We remain steadfast in protecting the First Amendment rights of our students, even when their choices and statements may offend us,” he said.

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Harris, the Democratic presidential candidate, has repeatedly been the goal of racist and sexist attacks from Republicans and conservatives. In a recent interview with CNN, Harris, who’s of Jamaican and Indian descent, took the high road when asked about her Republican opponent, Donald Trump, falsely claiming that she decided to “go black” for political reasons.

“Same old, boring instructions. Next question, please,” the vice chairman said.

“I think we’re seeing a fear that we have a very strong candidate and a very qualified candidate who is going to be able to go after Donald Trump and at the same time split the contrast between the two visions of this country,” said U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, who’s running for Democratic U.S. Senate in Delaware. Blunt Rochester can be a national co-chair of the Harris-Walz campaign.

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Susan Rice calls Pete HegeSeth “stupid as rock” in an interview with the podcast

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Susan Rice, a former national security advisor during the administration of President Barack Obama, was open, discussing what, in response to the Secretary of Defense Pete HegeSeth, as rumors, they spin about his future in Trump’s administration.

According to , During a conversation Thanks to the host “No Lie with BTC” Brian Taylor Cohen, Rice didn’t draw any blows when he described HegeSetha in unflattering categories, discussing some rainfall from the so -called signal controversy.

“Well, if you are a white Christian Cisgender Macho Maga, you can be as stupid as a rock and be considered a qualification to be the secretary of defense. We apparently learned this episode,” said Rice Cohen.

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Rice continued, compiling the Trump’s concentration on combating diversity, equality and inclusion in how hegeSeth is just not eligible in her eyes.

“Dei was used as a suspension to suggest that anyone who is usually a woman is usually a color person, is usually a religious minority, might be disabled … he is usually a veteran of native origin, anyone who has used in any way, shapes or forms that we should always all treat and that we ought to be perceived on the basis of our substances, not discount, because we grow to be a lady or discount, That anyone should treat anyone.

According to Rice, he was a member of the Defense Policy Council until HegeSth allegedly removed the board members after a 45-day review On April 24, but time suggests that HegeSeth actually removed these members after indignant of right -wing influential in social media.

In an interview with Fox News, “Tucker Carlson, a dismissed adviser of HegeSeth, Dan Caldwell, mentioned that the management was currently involved in people who, according to Caldwell, were” extremely hostile “in the order of Donald Trump.

Caldwell called Rice specifically as a source of leaks in the HegeSetha Defense Department, for being blamed himself.

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“She (Rice) and a group of other people who are extremely hostile to the president, and his worldview remain in the Defense Policy Council,” said Caldwell Carlson. “I would just say that if you want to look where the leaks come from, it would be a place where you can start.”

Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell suggested in a press release that the changes reflect the values ​​and direction of Trump’s administration.

“Secretary of HegeSeth appreciates the efforts of members on behalf of the Department and the United States of America, but it is necessary to change to support the new strategic direction and political priorities of the department and ensure effective use of departmental resources,” said Parnell.

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“I’m not here to say that I told you that”: Kamala Harris encourages courage, sister at the top of women – essence

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The former vice chairman of Kamala Harris remained largely from the public from losing in the November 2024 election at Donald Trump and his return to the White House in January. But this has modified on Thursday.

Speech in The leading women defined the peak At Dana Point, California, Harris passed the message of immunity, sister and the power of collective courage in uncertain times. “This is the moment when we all have to be in such rooms to remember that we have a strong sister,” she said. “Nobody can take our identity or existence from us – because we won’t let them.”

The peak, founded by the former CEO of Bet, Debra Lee, gathers influential black women to discuss leadership, politics and strengthening. In the film from her comments obtained by Huffpost,Harris emphasized the need for unity and motion.

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“There were many things that we knew would happen,” Harris said, referring to the warnings she released during her campaign in 2024. After the sudden output of President Joe Biden from the race. “I’m not here to say that I told you that,” she added when the audience exploded with applause and shouts.

“It’s a completely different time,” she said. “A lot has changed.”

She recognized the challenges of the moment, pointing to the withdrawal of key politicians and the growing climate of fear. But she also reminded the audience that courage is contagious, identical to the strength of her sister.

“We see how people are silent. We see how the organizations are silent. We see the surrender for clearly unconstitutional threats,” she said. “Fear is contagious … but courage is also contagious.”

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Less than 100 days after the second term, Trump dismantled the programs of diversity, justice and inclusion, approved mass layoffs of federal employees and imposed wide global tariffs that caused confusion of markets.

Despite the political realities, Harris explained that black women – who’ve at all times been at the forefront – are still growing.

“There is great power in this room. And yes, the world is watching,” she said. “But more importantly, people count on us – being nice, be fierce and be together.”

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“It’s about mixing the pool,” say critics

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Almost a 12 months after his controversial and turbulent visit to the University of Memphis Kyle Rittenhouse, he’s preparing for the next event in the campus next month.

According to information about events at the university websiteThe 22-year-old activist for the rights of weapons is to talk at the University of MEmphis on 26 February about “his experiences and the importance of our rights to the second amendment.”

Kyle Rittenhouse is visible on the “Candace” set on January 24, 2022 in Nashville, Tennessee. The episode might be broadcast on January 25, 2022 (photo Jason Davis/Getty Images)

He was invited by the conservative political organization Turning Point USA (TPUS), the same group that hosted his visit to College in March last 12 months to speak about the “second correction” and “lies (Black Lives Matter)”.

Last 12 months, the Speaking Event at U of M’s Center Theater was a part of the short, national College route, which contained additional performances at Western Kentucky University and Kent State University, where campus communities took large demonstrations to sentence events. TPUS chapters in these schools also sponsored these visits.

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At the University of Memphis, dozens of scholars who opposed his event appeared that Heckle and questions about his political attitudes, which prompted him to go away the stage earlier. The viral movies also showed the moments when the protesters were led by members of Rittenhouse and Tpus, who accompanied him from the campus.

A number of months after the event, the Alliance of the Defense of Freedom (ADF) sent letter request To school, they claim that the campus officials “allowed the crowd” to shut the Rittenhouse’s visit, but still burdened the $ 1600 tpus for defense, which “stood idly”.

The group also opposed the university’s demands, as TPUS switched from the ticket program to the university’s ticket system, which, he claims, allowed students who planned to protest against the event for booking places.

Officials of the University of Memphis sent A press release of local information about one other Rittenhouse visit to the campus: “The speaker was invited by the registered student organization. This event is not sponsored by the University of Memphis.”

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Although the common opposition to the previous Rittenhouse visit appeared last 12 months, at Z Z stated that they might not legally prohibit this event, citing the first amendment and the Act on freedom of speech in the Tennessee campus.

The news about his next visit already creates waves online. Proponents of Rittenhouse have fun this event, but the opponents are lower than satisfied.

“It’s just about mixing the pool”, one Facebook user commented.

“For some reason he was rejected from the stage. Take a clue, he is not desirable here,” added one other.

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“If you don’t want to hear what he has to say – don’t go!” Someone else wrote.

Rittenhouse became widely known at the age of 17 after he fatally shot two men and hurt one other during the protest in 2020 against Jacob Blake’s police shooting in Kenosh, Wisconsin. During the trial, he claimed that the defense itself, and the jury later acquitted him for all offenses.

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