Kent State to Pay Hanoi Jane $83k for May 4 Commemoration Speech; Ohio Sec. of State Wants Her Yanked, Calls It a 'Disgrace'

PJ Media ^ | 02/19/2020 | Paula Bolyard

[SeekAndFind]

It's hard to believe, but May 4, 2020, is the 50th anniversary of the tragic shooting at Kent State University, where Ohio National Guard troops fired on a crowd of students during a massive anti-Vietnam War protest, killing four students and injuring nine.

Witnesses, military and law-enforcement experts, historians, and activists are divided on whether the shooting was justified (that's a discussion for another day), but it appears that Kent State is going all-in on pouring salt in the wounds of America's Vietnam veterans.

In a move that surprised many in the Northeast Ohio area and beyond, Kent State President Todd Diacon announced that actress, activist, and (former?) communist sympathizer Jane Fonda will be one of the speakers at an anniversary commemoration of the shooting on May 3—and she'll be paid a whopping $83,000 to ostensibly reminisce about her anti-war activism.

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, a Republican and veteran, is not having it.

"The 50th anniversary of one of Ohio’s darkest days has the potential to serve as a moment of unity, understanding & healing in a nation that is deeply divided," LaRose wrote in a Facebook post on Sunday. "However, Kent State’s decision to pay Jane Fonda $83,000 to speak at their commemoration event does the very opposite."

LaRose, who served in the 101st Airborn Division and later as a Green Beret, earning a Bronze Star for his service in Iraq, observed that American service members returning from Vietnam "deserved a much better reception than the one they received. They weren’t the politicians who chose which battle to fight -- they were the soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines sent into the battle. And we should say one thing to them: Welcome Home."

[frank ballenger]

Way past time to admit the “movement” was anti-American not anti-war

You're right.

Urinating on the scorched American flag on the ground should have given us all a clue.

The old timers would fit right in today as honored guests (Bill Ayers....) at the Dem/Commie rallies today. We lack the Mayor Richard Daley types to send waves of police to stop the Antifa thugs from assaulting people.

[Lowell1775]

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Jane Fonda to speak at Kent State University for shooting anniversary
2/11/2020, 1:25:33 PM · by ChicagoConservative27 · 73 replies
wkbn.com ^ | 02/11/2020 | WKBN Staff

[Captain Peter Blood]

So much for her liberal principles, what a Damn hypocrite.