{"id":529991,"date":"2021-05-20T14:36:23","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T18:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=529991"},"modified":"2021-05-20T14:36:26","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T18:36:26","slug":"colleges-across-america-hosting-leftist-icons-for-commencement-fauci-buttigieg-kamala-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colleges-across-america-hosting-leftist-icons-for-commencement-fauci-buttigieg-kamala-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Colleges Across America Hosting Leftist Icons For Commencement: Fauci, Buttigieg, Kamala And More"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fcolleges-across-america-hosting-leftist-icons-for-commencement-fauci-buttigieg-kamala-and-more%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=529991&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1297681934.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>For decades, American academia has openly leaned to the political Left.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Beyond using pedagogy that favors the Leftist worldview on sociology, economics, education, history, and a host of other disciplines, academics <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.campusreform.org\/?ID=14255\"><span>donate<\/span><\/a><span> to Democrats over Republicans at a rate of 95 to 1. For instance, at Dartmouth College \u2014 an Ivy League school \u2014 99.5% of professors who contributed to political campaigns in the 2020 election cycle cut their checks for Democrats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The trend often continues with universities\u2019 choices of commencement speakers. Although only one conservative will <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/washington-secrets\/colleges-banning-conservative-commencement-speakers-1-vs-37-liberals\"><span>address<\/span><\/a><span> any of the nation\u2019s top 100 schools this spring, prominent liberals and Leftists will clinch at least one-third of the most coveted graduation addresses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Here are five of the most questionable choices in commencement speakers from top universities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Dr. Anthony Fauci<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Dr. Anthony Fauci \u2014 the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases \u2014 is slated to address members of the class of 2021 at Vanderbilt University, Emory University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A University of North Carolina <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unc.edu\/posts\/2021\/03\/04\/commencement-speakers-2021\/\"><span>statement<\/span><\/a><span> praised Fauci for \u201cdiligently advising the Biden administration and previously the Trump administration on public health measures to reduce COVID-19 transmission.\u201d Emory President Gregory Fenves likewise <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.emory.edu\/stories\/2021\/02\/upress_commencement_speaker\/campus.html\"><span>hailed<\/span><\/a><span> Fauci as a hero: \u201cDuring the past year, Dr. Fauci\u2019s name has become synonymous with truth, clarity and medical expertise. As chief physician to our country in the midst of a pandemic, he has become one of the most trusted voices in medicine for millions of Americans.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Contrary to the universities\u2019 claims, Fauci has held several contradictory <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/the-5-different-mask-policies-held-by-dr-fauci-in-11-months\"><span>positions<\/span><\/a><span> on mask-wearing over the past year. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Fauci insisted that masks were almost entirely unnecessary for the general public. For the next several months, he pivoted between advising Americans to wear a mask, wear a mask even after being vaccinated, and wear two masks.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>BLM Co-Founder Alicia Garza<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza will deliver commencement addresses for the University of California at San Diego.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>A university <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/commencement.ucsd.edu\/\"><span>statement<\/span><\/a><span> highlighted Alicia Garza\u2019s \u201ccommitment to health equity and rights for domestic workers as well as ending police violence, racism and violence against transgender and gender nonconforming people of color,\u201d which has \u201cmade a significant impact on the lives of many in our nation and around the world.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Apart from bringing the tenets of critical race theory and intersectionality into the American mainstream, Black Lives Matter riots egged on by Garza inflicted billions of dollars in property <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/riots-cost-property-damage-276c9bcc-a455-4067-b06a-66f9db4cea9c.html\"><span>damage<\/span><\/a><span> over the past year \u2014 easily ranking among the most expensive insurance events in United States history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Pete Buttigieg<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>United States Secretary of Transportation and rising Democratic Party star, Pete Buttigieg, will deliver the commencement address at Harvard University\u2019s Kennedy School.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Kennedy School Dean Douglas Elmendorf explained in a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hks.harvard.edu\/announcements\/us-secretary-transportation-pete-buttigieg-deliver-2021-graduation-address-harvard\"><span>statement<\/span><\/a><span> that Buttigieg \u201cis a principled leader who has shown a commitment to thoughtful policy analysis and active political engagement as well as skill and determination in getting things done.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Harvard has shown a high degree of favor to the Buttigiegs. Despite his lack of experience in politics, the prestigious university <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.campusreform.org\/?ID=15690\"><span>tapped<\/span><\/a><span> Chasten Buttigieg \u2014 Pete Buttigieg\u2019s husband \u2014 to work as a fellow at Harvard during the fall 2020 semester. He received a free two-bedroom apartment in Cambridge for the duration of his fellowship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Kamala Harris<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Vice President Kamala Harris is scheduled to deliver the graduation address for the United States Naval Academy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The commencement slot typically rotates among the Vice President, President, and Secretary of Defense. As Navy Times <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/05\/02\/vice-president-harris-to-give-naval-academy-commissioning-address\/\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span>, President Biden addressed Naval Academy graduates twice as Vice President under Barack Obama.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Harris\u2019 speech, however, will occur in the wake of many national defense failures for the Biden administration. Israel is experiencing a renewed barrage of rocket attacks from Hamas one month after the Biden White House restored <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-middle-east-56665199\"><span>aid<\/span><\/a><span> to Palestinian groups. Likewise, the southern border is experiencing an unprecedented <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WqH412SqixQ\"><span>influx<\/span><\/a><span> of illegal immigrants following Biden\u2019s inauguration \u2014 a situation that Kamala Harris is presently supposed to be overseeing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Additionally, Harris encouraged Black Lives Matter riots in the summer of 2020 by asking Americans to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/09\/22\/minnesota-freedom-fund-bail-charity-kamala-harris-domestic-abusers\/\"><span>support<\/span><\/a><span> the Minnesota Freedom Fund \u2014 a foundation which later provided bail money to free six men accused of domestic violence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Ayanna Pressley<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span>Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) \u2014 a member of the \u201cSquad\u201d \u2014 will speak to graduates at Boston University.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Described as a \u201ctrailblazing politician\u201d by Boston University\u2019s official news <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/articles\/2021\/bu-virtual-senior-brunch-2021\/\"><span>outlet<\/span><\/a><span>, Rep. Pressley recently delivered <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pressley.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/rep-pressley-delivers-floor-speech-israeli-state-violence-and-human-rights\"><span>remarks<\/span><\/a><span> on the floor of the House of Representatives that portrayed Israel as an oppressive power.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cLast summer, when Black Lives Matter protestors took to the streets to demand justice, they were met with force,\u201d she said. \u201cThey faced tear gas, rubber bullets, and a militarized police just as our Palestinian brothers and sisters are facing in Jerusalem today. Palestinians are being told the same thing as black folks in America \u2014 there is no acceptable form of resistance.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/i>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For decades, American academia has openly leaned to the political Left.Beyond using pedagogy that favors the Leftist worldview on sociology, economics, education, history, and a host of other disciplines, academics &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312494,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1297681934.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Colleges Across America Hosting Leftist Icons For Commencement: Fauci, Buttigieg, Kamala And More","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-529991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1297681934.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Colleges Across America Hosting Leftist Icons For Commencement: Fauci, Buttigieg, Kamala And More","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529991","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=529991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}