Current BGSU Adjunct Faculty Member Tweets for U.S. Rep. Hanging
Bowling Green State University officials have spoken out against the Tweet, but also noted the comment is protected by First Amendment and university policy. Former Napoleon City Councilman and current Bowling Green State University Adjunct Professor Travis Sheaffer posted a Tweet saying that Democratic Congresswoman from Minnesota Ilhan Omar, “needs to be tried for treason and hanged.” Omar is the first woman elected to Congress to wear a hijab. Since then, Sheaffer has deleted his Twitter account and the university has answered saying the professor does not speak for the school and “the tweet from his personal account was inappropriate […]
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