Corky Messner, US Senate Candidate from Wolfeboro, had his speech at Dartmouth cancelled because of threats.
“A policy talk sponsored by the Dartmouth College Republicans on New Hampshire’s opioid crisis and the need for border security has been indefinitely postponed due to security concerns over a possible violent response by left-wing campus activists.
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Corky Messner was scheduled to deliver the talk, entitled “Building a Wall Against Drugs: The Need for Border Security to End the Opioid Crisis,” on Tuesday afternoon in the Rockefeller Center on Dartmouth’s campus. But after angry blowback from students and threats of violence directed toward the Dartmouth College Republicans, the group decided to postpone the event over security concerns.
“The security risk has outpaced our capacity to handle the potential protests. Given the reaction and the subject matter [border security], and the threats against our members, we’re facing a security problem bigger than we can handle,” Dartmouth College Republican’s Chairman Daniel Bring told NHJournal. “There’s a large contingent of radical leftists on campus who have descended on events in the past in order to shut down speech they don’t agree with. They pound on doors, rush the podium and harass the speakers.”
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Corky will be one of the guests of the Winnipesaukee Republicans at their meeting next Monday at 5:00 PM at Jo Green’s in Wolfeboro.