Protesters attempt to shut down Jeff Sessions speech...while he talks free speech

While addressing the current state of free speech on college campuses, President  Donald Trump’s former Attorney General Jeff Sessions was interrupted Wednesday on the campus of Amherst College in Massachusetts.

According to the Amherst Student newspaper, an unidentified instigator set off a stink bomb in the Johnson Chapel before Sessions even began his speech, while attendees were still taking their seats. The alleged stink bomb incident was followed by a walkout, a video of which was posted on Twitter. The video depicts roughly half of the attendees leaving the chapel during the speech, including one student carrying a gay pride flag.

Campus Reform could not independently confirm the use of a stink bomb during the protest. Neither Amherst College nor Amherst College Police returned a request for comment in time for publication.

During his speech, Sessions remarked that  “American universities were once the center of academic freedom, where unpopular opinions could be had, argued and defended. But [they are] transforming now into echo chamber[s] of political correctness,” according to the Daily Hampshire Gazette.

After the event, the Amherst College Republicans chapter shared a post on its Facebook page, thanking Sessions for coming to campus.

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