Recently, Hillary Clinton was met with fierce student protests while giving a speech at her alma mater, Wellesley College, this past weekend. The former Secretary of State was visiting the college as a building on campus is being renamed after her.
However, Clinton’s presence was not well received by everyone at the college. Numerous individuals lined up to protest an all-women-led democracy summit in which Clinton participated. Reportedly, the disgruntled activists also distributed pamphlets around campus accusing Clinton of being Wellesley’s “most beloved war criminal” while claiming she has “blood on her hands.
One of the protest organizers told NBC10 Boston that the school warned them from disrupting the panel inside the event space, noting that it could ultimately result in suspension. Furthermore, the protesters were constrained behind barriers as to maintain order.
“We have been told pretty repeatedly from administration that any sort of interruption within the event of Hillary speaking would result in an honor code, which could potentially be a suspension, we’re also not allowed to bring signs inside, and we also have to stand behind specific barriers to protest the event,” the individual claimed.
The college acknowledged the protest but did not outright condemn it. According to a statement from the vice president and dean of students, Sheilah Shaw Horton, “I encourage all who participate in activism to follow the demonstration policy and be mindful of our Code of Student Conduct so that you remain safe for yourself, and for our community.”
The American Tribune reported on recent comments from Hillary Clinton where he slammed voters who were undecided in the upcoming election during a Jimmy Fallon appearance. Clinton instructed these voters in question to “get over yourself,” calling on them to vote Democrat.
Clinton’s outrage comes as the Biden campaign is struggling to keep up with the undeniable momentum of former President Donald Trump. Moreover, the presence of third-party candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could further pull voters from President Biden’s reelection efforts.
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“Get over yourself, those are the two choices,” Clinton said. “You know, it’s kind of like, one is old and effective and compassionate, has a heart, and really cares about people, and one is old and has been charged with 91 felonies. I don’t understand why this is even a hard choice. Really. I don’t understand it.”
“I don’t understand why this is even a hard choice, really. I don’t understand it,” Clinton added. “But we have to go through the election and hopefully people will realize what’s at stake because it’s an existential question. What kind of country we’re gonna have, what kind of democracy we can have and people who blow that off are not paying attention because it’s not like Trump, his enablers, his empowerers, his allies are not telling us what they want to do. I mean, they’re pretty clear about what kind of country they want.”
Watch footage of an anti-Israel protestor disrupting the Wellesley College panel below, where the speakers had to beg the woman to stop shouting down the discussion: