{"id":1367004,"date":"2022-03-09T13:01:19","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T18:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1367004"},"modified":"2022-03-09T13:01:24","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T18:01:24","slug":"obama-dhs-chief-jeh-johnson-withdraws-as-vassar-commencement-speaker-following-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/obama-dhs-chief-jeh-johnson-withdraws-as-vassar-commencement-speaker-following-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama DHS Chief Jeh Johnson Withdraws as Vassar Commencement Speaker Following Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fobama-dhs-chief-jeh-johnson-withdraws-as-vassar-commencement-speaker-following-protests%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1367004&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Former DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson, who served during the Obama administration, has withdrawn from his spot as the next commencement speaker at Vassar College in the wake of student protests over his border policies.<\/p>\n<p>In what is one of the latest examples of intolerance on campus, Johnson \u2014 who\u00a0served during the second Obama administration \u2014 will be replaced by actor John Leguizamo for the May 22 commencement speech at\u00a0Vassar, the school <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vassar.edu\/news\/award-winning-actor-writer-producer-john-leguizamo-deliver-vassars-2022-commencement-address\">announced<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_17091032\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2021\/07\/JohnLeguizamocrt1.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">NEW YORK, NY \u2013 JUNE 12: John Leguizamo speaks on stage during the 65th Annual Tony Awards at the Beacon Theatre on June 12, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew H. Walker\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4160821\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Jeh-Johnson-L-with-Obama-Charles-DharapakAP.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4160821\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Jeh-Johnson-L-with-Obama-Charles-DharapakAP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Charles-Dharapak\/AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The former DHS secretary had fallen under fire by student protesters over what one student called\u00a0Johnson\u2019s \u201cviolence on marginalized peoples,\u201d according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insider.com\/jeh-johnson-out-vassar-college-commencement-after-student-backlash-2022-3\">report<\/a> by Insider.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, a story in\u00a0Vassar\u2019s student newspaper, the <em>Miscellany News<\/em>, quoted students\u00a0referring to Johnson as guilty of \u201cwar crimes,\u201d and warned of \u201cprotest and disruption\u201d should he speak.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the article appeared to have been deleted from the student newspaper.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe decided to pull the article off our website due to some factual inaccuracies caused by some quick reporting, and we\u2019re working to address them thoroughly,\u201d a <em>Miscellany News<\/em> editor told Insider.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the link to the initial article redirected readers to a <a href=\"https:\/\/miscellanynews.org\/2022\/02\/14\/news\/statement-from-jeh-charles-johnson-on-withdrawing-as-2022-commencement-speaker\/\">statement<\/a> by Johnson, in which the former DHS secretary explained that he would be stepping down as commencement speaker, stating, \u201cI believe commencements should be joyous, tension-free events.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do not seek to be the object of controversy or speak at a commencement where students will object to me,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson continued:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Immigration is a difficult and painful issue. In my three years as Secretary of Homeland Security, I visited our southern border numerous times. During those visits, I often took the time to enter Border Patrol holding stations and speak directly through a translator to the children in our care, to ensure their welfare. As a father, I wanted to take them all home with me; as the Cabinet official responsible for securing our border, I knew I could not.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, on my watch, the number of deportations from our country went down, the percentage of those deported who were convicted of serious offenses went up, and the number of young people enrolled in DACA went up. Whether immigration, border security or national security, leaders with a sense of humanity are often faced with less than perfect choices, sometimes nothing but ugly choices, but we always try to do the right thing.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Johnson is not the only commencement speaker to fall under attack by a woke mob of students.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, over 100 students at the University of Notre Dame <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2017\/05\/21\/notre-dame-students-walk-out-of-mike-pence-commencement-address\/\">walked out<\/a> of a commencement address given by then-Vice President Mike Pence.<\/p>\n<p><em>You can follow Alana\u00a0Mastrangelo on\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ARmastrangelo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and Twitter at\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ARmastrangelo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@ARmastrangelo<\/a>, and on\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alanamastrangelo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson, who served during the Obama administration, has withdrawn from his spot as the next commencement speaker at Vassar College in the wake of student protests<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1367004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1367004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1367004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1367004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1367004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1367004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1367004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}