Florida Gov. Rick Scott declared a state of emergency on Monday three full days before the University of Florida was set to allow white nationalist leader Richard Spencer to speak on campus.
Spencer is scheduled to speak on the Gainesville, Fla., campus on Thursday, and Scott warned that prior events on college campuses featuring Spencer have resulted in “episodes of violence, civil unrest, and multiple arrests.” In an executive order issued Monday, the governor warned a “threat of a potential emergency is imminent” in Alachua County, where Gainesville is located.
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