Senator McConnell spoke today on the Senate floor about Iranian President Ahmadinejad’s visit to the U.N. and Columbia University in New York.
“By opening its gates to this man’s hateful ideology Columbia University is allowing him to take full advantage of a golden opportunity to spread it…”
“Free speech is a hallmark of democracy – a right not afforded by Ahmadinejad to his own people. There’s a world of difference between not preventing Ahmadinejad from speaking and handing a megalomaniac a megaphone and a stage to use it.”
Read here about Ahmadinejad’s involvement in the capture of American hostages from the U.S. embassy in Tehran in 1979, read the Leader's entire remarks, and take a look at this photo of him with one of the hostages.
