GOP lawmakers seek to defund HBCU after it canceled Republican’s commencement speech

GOP lawmakers seek to defund HBCU after it canceled Republican's commencement speech

The school previously hosted former President Joe Biden to be its commencement speaker in 2021

South Carolina Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette announces her bid for governor on July 14, 2025. (Joshua Boucher/The State/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

Then interim South Carolina State University President stands next to former President Joe Biden during the school's commencement ceremony in 2021. (MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

The campus of South Carolina State University. (Jacob Boomsma)

The South Carolina State House is seen in Columbia, South Carolina. (LOGAN CYRUS/AFP via Getty Images)

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