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Major Donor Pulls Funding From University Of Minnesota For Discriminating Against Ben Shapiro

Hank Berrien

After the shabby treatment the University of Minnesota doled out to Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief Ben Shapiro in February, relegating him to speaking off-campus rather than on the main campus despite the fact that they had easily found space on campus for arch-leftist Senator Elizabeth Warren and home state leftist Senator Al Franken, a major donor to the university has pulled their funding and shifted to partnering with Young Americans for Freedom — the chapter affiliate of Young America’s Foundation, which had sponsored Shapiro’s speech.

In a letter to University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler, the donor, who came from the class of 1962, wrote:

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