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According to Todd Starnes at The Stream and picked up on multiple outlets:

There’s a witch hunt underway for conservatives at the University of Southern California — and Jacob Ellenhorn appears to be Public Enemy No. 1.

Ellenhorn is a student senator at USC and president of the College Republicans. He is also an outspoken conservative. And that’s a big problem among his fellow student lawmakers at USC.

Ellenhorn is facing possible impeachment — accused of all sorts of tawdry behavior — like publicly expressing his conservative opinions and (brace yourself) inviting high-profile conservative speakers to campus.

According to The Stream, Ellenhorn reports, “It seems like freedom of speech and freedom to express your views is not allowed by the University of Southern California student government right now.”

Ellenhorn has accused liberal students of engaging in a “witch hunt” and committing “institutionalized discrimination against me and my views.”

The official complaint, first reported by Campus Reform, alleges that Ellenhorn “created a hostile environments (sic) for our USC study body, and has also violated our USC Principles of Community by bringing a speaker and moderating an event that blatantly perpetuates sexism.”…

…Senators are expected to hold hearings later this month to determine the young conservative’s fate. But Ellenhorn doesn’t seem to be all that intimidated. He penned a fiery response to the complaint — accusing University Student Government of “trying to castrate strong male voices into submission.”

Bold.

Starns continues,

Now, you might be wondering why I’m dedicating this column to covering what some might consider a silly campus skirmish. But this is no silly skirmish. Pew Research did a study a few months ago — revealing that 40 percent of millennials believe there should be limitations on free speech. That’s a disturbing number.

I suspect that our public universities are being used to foster such anti-American thinking. The Left isn’t just opposing dissenting viewpoints. They are trying to silence opposing viewpoints.

Ellenhorn told me he’s seen his fellow senators rant about all sorts of outrageous issues — but he’s never tried to silence anyone. He’s never tried to have his opposition impeached.

“Difference of opinion should be triumphed,” he said. “But what they are trying to do is shut difference of opinion down.”

And they are in for a mighty big fight.

“I’m not going to stand down,” he said. “I’m going to stand up. I’m not going to be quiet.”

Well said, Jacob! That’s exactly what you should do when faced with a leftwing bully. Stand your ground.

“They are trying to silence me — and I’m just going to get louder.”

The USC senators might want to invest in some earplugs — because it’s about to get rowdy.

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