Conservative Arizona U. Student Wins Student Govt. Election Despite Attempts to Disqualify Him
“There is no place for these types of authoritarian tactics on our college campuses.”
It looks like the College Democrats are following the national party’s lead.
Campus Reform reports:
Conservative student wins Arizona student gov election despite attempts to disqualify him
A conservative student won a landslide victory in a bid for student government senator at one of Arizona’s largest universities–even though some students at the school tried to disqualify him from office.
Benjamin Jackson, a campus conservative, was recently elected to the Associated Students of the University of Arizona (ASUA) as a “College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Senator.”
As a member of ASUA, Jackson hopes to promote campus unity by ensuring that all student organizations are treated equally.
“Every club and student organization on campus deserves fair and equal treatment, no matter what,” Jackson wrote in a statement on his campaign profile. “With your support we can ensure our campus is more secure and united than ever before.”
Jackson was only one of two students on the campaign trail who declined to include personal pronouns on his profile. Jackson and the other candidate who refused to do so, Arturo Whipple, are both members of the College Republicans at the University.
Jackson said in a post on X that he faced discrimination on the campaign trail for his political views.
“I have faced political persecution first as a member of the UofA College Republicans and now as a candidate for student government,” he wrote. “There is no place for these types of authoritarian tactics on our college campuses.”
Although Jackson won his position with more votes than any other student running for office with ASUA, some ASUA students disqualified him from office after his election victory, allegedly on the basis of technicalities related to supposed campaigning rules violations, as reported by College Republicans of America.
Though Jackson was disqualified, he appealed the decision with the student government’s Supreme Court, which allowed him to assume his position as senator.
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In Our Precious Democracy, opposition is not allowed!
But don’t forget they’re anti-fascists! Which just goes to show they have no idea what fascism is.
so the dems were saying that the election was rigged
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
So typical of the left–they can’t win with ideas, so they cheat to shut down their opposition