points. do you think this is a white nation? i think it was at one time and i think that the reaction of trump being elected and the reaction that s going on with the alt-right being popular is reaction to the declining of it being a white nation. so that s the guy who invited richard spencer to talk. joining me now, the school s senior vice president of communications amy smith and hannah wemberly, the student helping to organize a counterprotest. first to you, amy. the school is being blasted for allowing spencer to come and speak. what is your response to this criticism? . first, ana, thank you for allowing us to join you today. texas a&m, including staff and student groups had no part in this. this is an unsanctioned campus event. we have public rooms because we are a public university. private citizens can rent them, cub scouts, first robotics,
other things and the administration was made aware on november 22 that he had rented a room for, in fact, this purpose and we were surprised and find the beliefs reprehensible. okay. hannah, the man who invited spencer, we heard a little bit from earlier, preston wigington makes no excuse about the way he feels. listen to what he gold gary tuchman about diversity. why would i want to be displaced and marginalized. only people with a pillnemental illness. you and people like you have a hangup about the color of people s skin. what s the difference what color people s skin are? what matters is the kind of people they are. so why does it matter pigment of their skin. it s not just pigment. what is it? people s behavior. people s iq. people evolve over different times and places. there are lots of white people with low iqs.
there are lots of black people with high iqss. there are lots of red people with low iqs and high iqs. better the devil i know than the devil i don t. hannah, what s your reaction to what you just heard. i m sickened. my experience here even at texas a&m we have a beautiful diverse campus and i think that should be cherished and loving your neighbor and getting to understand other s experiences and we may not know what it s like to live as someone that s other than us but we can try to understand and learn from their experiences and celebrate our diversity and join in university and see others as a foe. that sickens me. how do you feel about how the school has handled the situation? i m proud we re going to be hosting an event called aggies united to fight this negative speech with this incredible positive act. we have faculty, staff,
gather with thousands of students, alumni and our whole network and the greater community in which we are tonight at our football stadium to celebrate our yoonty and what we stand for ain a productive ad peaceful way. amy smith, hannah wemberly, thank you. thank you. more on donald trump s announcement moments ago as he talked about bringing jobs to america, including tens of thousands coming here to the u.s. through a japanese company. we ll have more on who is behind it next.