{"id":1601,"date":"2016-02-17T16:06:16","date_gmt":"2016-02-17T21:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/2016\/02\/17\/culter-liberal-policies-make-america-less-safe-weaker\/"},"modified":"2022-11-07T14:18:32","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T19:18:32","slug":"culter-liberal-policies-make-america-less-safe-weaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/culter-liberal-policies-make-america-less-safe-weaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Coulter: Liberal policies make America less safe, weaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe more the (federal) government does, the stupider students get\u201d declared Ann Coulter to a group of about 70 Furman students and community members during a Thursday lecture in McAlister Auditorium.<\/p>\n<p>During an hour-long talk, Coulter said an overreaching federal government has led to failing schools. Public schools, she said, should be more accountable to parents, state and local governments and less beholden to Washington bureaucrats who, Coulter says, are out of touch with mainstream Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Her lecture, titled \u201cWanted Constitution: Dead or Alive,\u201d was sponsored by Conservative Students for a Better Tomorrow. The controversial conservative political commentator,<i> New York Times<\/i> bestseller, syndicated columnist and lawyer blasted liberals for their interpretation of the Constitution in her typical blunt fashion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLiberals&#8217; favorite part of the Constitution is something that isn\u2019t in it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Coulter, a regular on Fox network commentary shows, lashed out at Democrats more specifically for their positions on abortion, civil rights, immigration, gun control and education. She accused them of knowing \u201cabsolutely nothing\u201d about gun control and especially emphasized the clarity of the second amendment. However, Coulter said there is no support for gun control from the Supreme Court and, therefore, conservative interests remain safe.<\/p>\n<p>Coulter said that the U.S. would be irreparably harmed and the conservative movement damaged if millions of illegal immigrants were granted amnesty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe country is over with amnesty,\u201d she said adding that immigrants tend to vote for Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Coulter also said liberal policies make America less safe and Americans less prosperous and free.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a simple solution to this,\u201d she said. \u201cElect a Republican president.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the lecture, Coulter entertained a lengthy Q &amp; A session from a mostly friendly audience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really liked [the lecture]. Some of the things she said were really out there,\u201d said Morgan Fox \u201916. \u201cI liked how she didn\u2019t sugarcoat issues and was honest and not superficial.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/newsimg.furman.edu.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/09.13-coulter.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8266 lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/newsimg.furman.edu.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/09.13-coulter.jpg\" alt=\"Conservative author and commentator Ann Coulter spoke at Furman Thursday. (by Thomas Nantz)\" width=\"560\" height=\"420\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 560px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 560\/420;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During an hour-long talk given on campus Thursday conservative commentator Ann Coulter said an overreaching federal government has led to failing schools. 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