Trump Jr. "a barren banana stand in the marketplace of ideas"

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Why We’re Impeaching Our Student Body President Over Trump Jr.
The president’s son spoke at the University of Florida for a $50,000 fee. We dug deeper.

On Oct. 10, Donald Trump Jr. and the former Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle gave a speech at the University of Florida for $50,000 at the invitation of our student body president, Michael Murphy. Students protested, and normally that would have been the end of the story.

Instead, last week, a group of other student body senators and I initiated impeachment proceedings against Mr. Murphy over what we feel is a gross abuse of his power. In the resulting days, our campus drama has become national news, and Mr. Murphy has become a conservative martyr.

For many of his supporters, this is simply another story of campus leftists gone berserk and threatening free speech. In fact, it’s a much more complicated story, one that throws into question the use of public funds for partisan ends.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/21/opinion/donald-trump-jr-university-of-florida.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage

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1. Anyone who would pay $50,000 to listen to Junior needs to be committed to a hospital.

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2. Especially a school. Ridiculous. NT

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3. That is an insane use of funds

No speaker is worth $50,000 for one appearance. I'm sure there are many way that that money could have been used more constructively. Just throwing it out a window might serve a better purpose, as more deserving souls might find and use it.

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4. It probably came to a lot more than that

$50K is just for the speech. Often invited speakers get mileage, meals, and lodging - and being a Trump, Junior probably knows how to pad those expenses. Not to mention the US taxpayers are picking up the tab for his Secret Service guys.

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5. agreed, especially since his girl friend was included in the deal I just love the description of him