Ann Coulter Says She Will Pull Out of Speech at UC Berkeley

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The Berkeley College Republicans, which invited Ms. Coulter and was supposed to sponsor her visit, also backed out and joined Young America's Foundation in saying the atmosphere had grown too hostile.

Administrators at Berkeley, who say Ms. Coulter is welcome on campus when the university has an indoor, "Protectable" venue available, offered a day next week when students are no longer in class, a proposal that Ms. Coulter rejected.

It was no accident that Ms. Coulter was drawn to speaking at Berkeley, the birthplace of the Free Speech Movement, at a time when the country is consumed by a raging debate over political correctness and the proper place for offensive speech in public, especially on college campuses.

Ms. Coulter, who has a knack for provocation, had even said she would speak outside if she had to, insistent on making the point that conservatives like her would not allow their remarks to be censored by liberal academics.

The issue has split the left, where Ms. Coulter found unlikely defenders among people like Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who scolded those who tried to block the speech.

"What are you afraid of - her ideas?" Mr. Sanders said earlier this week in an interview with The Huffington Post.On Wednesday, Ms. Coulter said she believed she could have prevailed in court had she continued with her case.

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