Berkeley cancels Ann Coulter lecture, but she’s coming anyway

Published April 19, 2017 7:59pm ET



The University of California, Berkeley canceled an upcoming campus lecture by Ann Coulter on Wednesday, citing security concerns as the chief impetus for its decision. Coulter and her sponsoring organizations, however, intend to proceed with the event as planned anyway.

Young America’s Foundation, the national conservative organization sponsoring and organizing Coulter’s lecture, told the Washington Examiner Wednesday afternoon that Berkeley Dean of Students Joseph Greenwell emailed student organizers to say his staff was unable to find a “safe and suitable venue” for the speech.

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