A group of schools in Kansas State of America announced that it would cancel Ivanka Trump's speech, which was planned as part of a special event to produce a batch of students, in conjunction with the growing criticism directed at US President Donald Trump over the killing of George Floyd.
According to the British newspaper "The Independent," the officials of the schools affiliated with Wichita University announced Thursday their decision to cancel Ivanka's speech.
Ivanka responded to the schools' decision to tweet on her Twitter account, expressing her disappointment at what she described as "a decline in culture and a preference for discrimination in viewpoints."
According to the British newspaper, the announcement of Trump's daughter's participation in the graduation ceremony sparked sharp criticism of the schools, as the assistant professor of the Wichita School of Media sent a letter to the school administrators asking them to cancel Ivanka's speech.
According to Wichita Eagle, schools that were preparing for Ivanka to participate in the graduation ceremony faced pressure to cancel their attendance, with 488 faculty, alumni and students signing a petition demanding that Ivanka be removed from the list of events.
For his part, President of Wichita State University said that the timing of Ivanka’s participation in the ceremony was unsuccessful, while Republican Rep. Ron Estes, who joined Ivanka while in Wichita, said he was disappointed, adding: “While Kansas faces many challenges to recover From the Covid-19 pandemic to returning to our thriving economy, it is time to work together to bridge differences."
The death of George Floyd, 46, has sparked a historic protest movement in the United States, with hundreds of thousands taking to the streets day after day to condemn racism and police violence.
Earlier, the prosecution charged the Minneapolis policeman, who pressed his knee on the neck of George Floyd, with the charge of second-degree murder (murder), and for the first time charged three other police who were at the scene and attended the incident, as stated in the indictment Also, what Derek Chauvin did was a "major factor" in Floyd's murder.
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