University of Florida students protest Trump Jr. visit: ‘What has he really done except get handouts from his father?’

It was obvious how much a swing state Florida is when Democratic Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum barely lost the 2018 gubernatorial race to Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, and the deep political divisions in the Sunshine State were evident again at the University of Florida this week because of a visit by the president’s son, Donald Trump Jr.

On October 3, free tickets for an event at the campus’ University Auditorium featuring Trump Jr. and girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle (a senior adviser for Trump’s reelection campaign) became available, and Trump opponents launched a protest they dubbed  #CHOMPTRUMP. Trump Jr. and Guilfoyle were booked by ACCENT, which is part of the UF student government.

Evelyn Graham, one of the student protestors, is quoted by WUFT as saying, “ACCENT’s excuse is that Trump Jr. is going to be speaking about entrepreneurship when in reality, what has he really done except get handouts from his father?”

View the complete October 9 article by Alex Henderson on the AlterNet website here.