Firestorm as MAGA official retaliates against HBCU: 'We should defund her salary'

The move to pull funding from a South Carolina historically Black university outraged online commentators, as they're shocked by the retaliatory move.

Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette supported calls by GOP state reps to stop funding South Carolina State University because it rescinded an invitation for her to speak at commencement. In a public statement, she said that it was an example of "silenced freedom of speech," but onlookers weren't buying it. Congressional candidate Randi White called Evette a "racist turd" in a post on X.