A Northeastern University professor who was caught on video during a lecture saying that he wouldn’t mind seeing President Trump “dead” is apologizing amid a social media backlash and a statement from the school distancing itself from the remarks.
Barry Bluestone, an economics professor and founding director of Northeastern’s Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy, made the controversial comments during a Jan. 31 lecture on the challenges posed by economic inequality and stagnation.
“Sometimes I want to just see him impeached other times, quite honestly — I hope there are no FBI agents here — I wouldn’t mind seeing him dead,” Bluestone was quoted by multiple news agencies as saying in a YouTube video of the event that has since been yanked offline by the Boston school.
The journalist sitting next to him during the lecture, Robert Kuttner, then quickly added “of natural causes”, which Bluestone affirmed by repeating and nodding, according to Campus Reform. – READ MORE
[give_form id=”79809″]With President Donald Trump ordering the Department of Defense to start planning for a massive military parade, liberals had strong objections. They even resorted to comparing Trump to Adolf Hitler and Kim Jong Un.
Some, however, are determined to stop the parade dead in its tracks. Former Green Party Senate candidate and anti-war activist Arn Menconi has issued a call for people to stand in front of tanks, similar to the famous man standing in front of Chinese tanks during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests.
“The reason I am making this livestream and video is a call to action,” Menconi said in a Facebook Live video. “This is becoming an authoritarian state. We need a grassroots effort today. – READ MORE