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Donors Urged to Freeze Funding Over Liberal Commencement Speakers

5/3/2026

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Recent commencement ceremonies have become stages for overtly partisan liberal speeches.
In 2026 Notre Dame de Namur University, American University and Paul Quinn College invited Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Jamie Raskin and Rep. James Talarico as commencement speakers.
Critics say faculty removed conservative professors, leaving students without ideological balance.
Donors and legislators are urged to withhold funding until schools show intellectual diversity.

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Recent commencement ceremonies have become stages for overtly partisan liberal speeches.
In 2026 Notre Dame de Namur University, American University and Paul Quinn College invited Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Rep. Jamie Raskin and Rep. James Talarico as commencement speakers.
Critics say faculty removed conservative professors, leaving students without ideological balance.
Donors and legislators are urged to withhold funding until schools show intellectual diversity.