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Auburn University Cancels Speech By Avowed White Nationalist – By Laila Kearney April 15 2017
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Alabama’s Auburn University on Friday canceled a campus speech by Richard Spencer, a white U.S. nationalist best known for drawing Nazi-like salutes at a party to celebrate President Donald Trump’s election last year, citing safety concerns.
Auburn said it decided to drop Spencer’s visit scheduled for Tuesday evening “based on legitimate concerns and credible evidence that it will jeopardize the safety of students, faculty, staff and visitors.”
The university, located in the city of the same name in Alabama, did not elaborate on its safety concerns, and school officials could not be reached for further comment.
Spencer, 38, said he was incensed over the cancellation and considered it an attack on his right to free speech.
“I’m absolutely disgusted,” Spencer told Reuters. “That’s the only way to put it.”
Spencer, who leads the National Policy Institute, a white supremacist and nationalist think tank, said his organization paid about $700 to rent a room at the university for the speech and spent an additional $2,200 for security.
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