CNN’s Camerota Takes Heat For Calling Out ‘Dumbass Colleges’ That Rejected David Hogg

CNN’s Alisyn Camerota is facing something of a backlash after she called out the colleges who decided not to accept Parkland, Florida student turned gun control advocate David Hogg.

The shooting survivor and student activist appeared on CNN’s New Day this morning in order to talk about his feud with Laura Ingraham, the Fox News host who recently taunted him for getting rejected from several schools he applied to. Since Hogg has a high grade point average and has become a major public figure since the attack on his high school, Camerota wondered “What kind of dumbass colleges don’t want you?!”

Of course, universities are under no specific obligation to accept Hogg, and quite a few conservatives on Twitter were unhappy with Camerota’s opinionated comments:

The kind that look at grades and academics, not activism? https://t.co/S9YUHHfQu4

— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) March 30, 2018

Well CNN did it. White privilege is real and is so perfectly summed up in this clip. I’m officially woke. https://t.co/eonsCgt4r2

— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) March 30, 2018

Oh ho, okay, so the official CNN Twitter account also thought it was worth highlighting https://t.co/hRPxcHCZXg

— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) March 30, 2018

Thank God CNN and Alisyn Camerota are fighting for privileged cis white males now that kids from marginalized groups face zero barriers getting into colleges https://t.co/KWTMOKl3VJ

— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) March 30, 2018

“David Hogg should be accepted into every single college he applied to, regardless of the admission criteria set by those colleges, because he’s entitled to it.” https://t.co/fAUKRPPjJk

— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) March 30, 2018

Solid journalisming there, @cnn https://t.co/vlSYNY6DEt

— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) March 30, 2018

I’m stunned too. Colleges are activist breeding grounds now. You’d figure they’d be jumping all over Hogg. https://t.co/z7tg772Dga

— Brandon Morse (@TheBrandonMorse) March 30, 2018

What’s shocking is @CNN itself is circulating this clip like it’s some highlight they’re proud of. ?? https://t.co/pqJoyysdEd

— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) March 30, 2018

And now colleges will be intimidated by the mob.

It never ends. https://t.co/decygy6VNx

— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) March 30, 2018

Perhaps the harshest bit of criticism came from Hogg’s classmate: pro-gun student Kyle Kashuv.

24/7 cheerleaders. It must feel kinda cool. https://t.co/7Wr4JgtyIM

— Kyle Kashuv (@KyleKashuv) March 30, 2018

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