As former Vice President Mike Pence headlined Texas A&M’s civil discourse symposium Monday, some students and faculty said the event’s message rang hollow after months of fights over what can be taught and learned in class.
Inside Rudder Auditorium, the same man interrupted Pence twice, shouting profanity first after Pence voiced support for recent U.S. military action against Iran and again when Pence invoked conservative activist Charlie Kirk while condemning political violence. After the second interruption, officers removed and arrested the man, who the university said was not a student.
