The Breakfast Club - DONKEY: Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette Removed As SC State Commencement Speaker

Episode Date: April 30, 2026

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goes the Lieutenant Governor Pamela Ebbott of South Carolina. Drop on a clues bombs for my home state of South Carolina. Okay, 843, 803, 864 all day. Now, if you haven't heard, Lieutenant Governor Pamela Ebbott was scheduled to be the commencement speaker at South Carolina State University.

Drop on a clues bomb for SC State University. My mother graduated from SC State University class in 1975. Okay, I also have an honorary degree from SC State University. So this one hits a little different. I'll come over there and punch you in the place. Sorry, sorry. I'll get Beijing all over my knuckles right now. Sorry, sorry.

He just made me chuckle. Okay. Now, as I said, Pamela Ebbett was scheduled to be the commencement speaker at SC State University, okay, bought the students of, but to SD State, she was scheduled to be the commencement speaker of SC State University. but the students of SC State University said, man, watch out. Okay, let's go to CBS Tending for the report, please. Well, honestly, she just doesn't align with our values here at South Carolina State University.

She speaks against DEI, which every HBCU, honestly, every school benefits from. Student government leaders and seniors saying their concerns focus on whether the speaker reflects the values of the university community. Students say commencement should be about a moment that reflects their experience and their future. During a press conference Wednesday morning, Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evett says she was invited months ago and plans to deliver a positive message. The college called and asked if I would be their commencement speaker and was happy to do that. I'm always happy to share a positive message. She also called to end diversity, equity, and inclusion, but she also pushed back on criticism, pointing to what she calls a broader issue on college campuses. We have to get rid of DEI on college campuses.

We've got to get rid of indoctrination by professors on college campuses by ending tenure. She's no longer the commencement speaker, and I have zero problem with this. Okay, why? Because commencement day should be all about the students, okay? That's what commencement ceremonies are for to celebrate the students. Their accomplishment of graduating, it's about reflection for the students, closure for the students, and most importantly, recognition of their academic journey. Okay, commencement ceremonies honor the hard work.

of students, the personal sacrifices and students, and the achievements of the students who are now graduates. And it's also an opportunity for families and loved ones to share in the pride of the moment. That moment does not need to be overshadowed by someone who is in opposition to the values that these students believe in. Okay, Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evitt has publicly opposed DEI programs. That's her right as an American. But who in the hell would invite someone who is against DEI to speak at an HBCU? Pamela, I don't know if you know, but when the Trump administration attacks DEI, they are attacking HBCUs and HBCU students as well, okay?

Because without DEI, HBCUs aren't ensured funding for infrastructure and student programs. Their access to top employers are halted. Basically, DEI initiatives help close these gaps that exist in regards to access the opportunities for these black students. Not to mention, they combat systemic racism in hiring and education. All that progress black people have made rolled back because of your boy and you are in public opposition to DEI programs. Okay?

That attack HBCUs, but you want to come speak at an HBCU? That makes no sense to me. Also, SC State University President Alexander Conyers, why would y'all want that? Okay, like, her views don't politically align with the school's history.

They don't align with SC state's mission. They don't align with the history of orange. Do I have to remind you of February 8th, 1968, when students from SC State and Claplin were protesting segregation, and after days of demonstration, law enforcement confronted those students and let off shots, opened fire on a bunch of unarmed students to Orangeburg Massacre? Those protests were organized by SC State students. The confrontation happened near the campus grounds, okay? Samuel Hammond Jr., who was killed? Was the SC State student? Henry Smith, who was killed, was a SC State student.

Rest in peace of Delano Middleton as well. I think he was in high school at the time. But dozens of SC State and Claflin students were injured. Okay, the same spirit of those kids who were out there protesting segregation in 68. That was the same spirit that we saw the past couple of days protesting against Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evitt in 26. Maybe that's what President Canyers was trying to say when he was speaking yesterday because he seemed to be concerned about how the students of SC State would be perceived. Let's listen.

We can't pull back what's out on social media. We can't pull back what people think. But I certainly don't want people to think that the students here at South Carolina State University, future educators, doctors, lawyers, attorneys, scientists, business owners, or thugs. I've made the decision to rescind the invitation to the lieutenant governor to speak at your commencement. In light of the history in Orangeburg, I can understand the trauma that he may be feeling. I don't want to speak for him, but it sounds like something like the Orangeburg massacres in the back of his mind.

But let the record show, protesting is not an act of terrorism, okay, but rather a constitutional right. Those kids at SC State exercised their right to peacefully protest. So anyone who looks at those kids is thugs. That says more about them than it does those kids. Those are probably the same people who call January 6th insurrectionist patriots, We'll call a bunch of young black men and women at SC State University protesting thugs and a woke mob. Oh, yes, Pamela Everett called him a woke mob. Let's listen. Well, I was at the White House today. I heard about what's happening on the campus of SC State University.

Let's be clear. Facts Trump feelings in the real world. President Trump and conservatives have done more for HBCUs than any administration in history. I must be doing something right because woke mobs are coming after me for being a champion. of eliminating radical DEI scams on college campuses. So bring it on. Just like President Trump, I'll never back down or bend a knee to the woke radicals. I'm ending DE high on campuses once and for all. Oh, the Hellman's was heavy in that statement.

Wipe the mayonnaise off your fingers, okay? All she proved to me with that statement is that SC State University made the absolute wrong choice to have her as the commencement speaker, but the absolute right choice in removing her. Those young men and women at SC State were 100% correct in their right to protest. They have the right to say who gets to represent their HBCU on its biggest stage. Now, S.C. State, if you are looking for a new commencement speaker, look no further than one of your own right there on campus, Nakira.

Nakira Marie, I believe that's her name. I watched this clip of her speaking like about four times yesterday. Let's listen. I want to be clear about this. This is not a black and white issue. This isn't a political issue. It's not a Democratic or Republican Party issue. It's not about that.

It's a morality issue. We're here. We've been here for four and five years. Commitimate, we should have someone who's going to celebrate us. How can someone who goes against everything that we stand for and believe in morality-wide? How can that person uplift me for my day is stepping into the real world? How can I? I don't feel supported.

It's nothing that she can say that will make me feel encouraged to step out into this, society, a society where the America in the country that I believe in, she don't have that same agenda. And I want to say something, being conservative is not the issue. That's all right. We all have our own political leaders. But she's explicitly

said, I am a Trump concern. Okay, if you believe in Trump, you support pedophilia, you support bigotry, you support racism, what else? Pro-pro-police, the same police that's killing our people, the same, and also, she also supports ICE. We don't believe in

that. We talk Carolina State has a history of being an activist and being proactive and standing up and believing in what's right. As C. State, if you're looking for a commencement speaker, there she go. Now, Kara Marie dropping a clue moms from the Kara Marie. Okay?

Pamela, Evan, if you had no idea why they didn't want you there, she just told you, okay? Also, you can't refer to your critics as a woke mob and double down on your positions because all you did was further alienate students and you reinforced their concerns. Guess what? Concerns when managed effectively turn into actionable steps. And the students of SC State respectfully managed their concerns and they told you to get to step in.

Please let Chelsea Handler give South Carolina Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evitt the biggest he-ha. He-ha! He-ha! That is way too much, Dan Manez. Dropping a clues bond for SC State again, damn it. Okay? Mm-hmm. And you're going to respect my honorary degree from SC State. you hear me? I didn't mean to chuckle. Okay. I didn't mean it laugh out loud.

Because you got a real degree. I do. And it means nothing. I mean, right? My degree means a lot. It means nothing. Okay. But no, you did, you work for yours. That's right.

And you, how did you feel at your commencement ceremony, Andy? How did I feel? Yes, how did you feel? Like, who did you? That was nothing. Who spoke? Yeah, who spoke at your conference ceremony? I don't remember.

I remember a couple of years before they had Bush, and everybody was upset about that. Like, why the hell you would bring Bush on this campus to speak? we've had Hillary Rodden Oh so y'all didn't protest So y'all didn't have the revolutionary spirit of the kids That's South Carolina State University Because she was talking But you don't really care because you're Dominican

We did protest Oh my god Yes they did They did they did protest But I mean at the time The president at the time That's what was happening And he kind of did what he wanted to do

So that's what was happening Y'all ain't protest hard enough We had Barack Obama after that Oh okay Yeah so No who spoke at yours though I can't remember who spoke at mine That poor person

Was you high Like, you don't know, what was you doing? I was happy to graduate. Drinking. I was happy to graduate. Okay. That's what it was. And I didn't graduate in my year.

I graduated a semester after. But commencement ceremonies are for the students. Yes, they are. Absolutely. Even if they don't remember who their commencement speakers are. Because you're supposed to remember. Yes. If I went to college, I would have remembered.

You don't remember who spoke at BMCC when you graduated? Ain't no BMCC, yo. No, it was... You went to Boston. CBCC. What's the Baltimore Community College? CCBCBC Community College of Baltimore City. There you go.

Rome went to Baltimore City. The commencement speaker? That's crazy. How was her baby daddy the commencement speaker and her community college graduation? No, before Rome went to Morgancy University,

he went to B-T-T-C and I went to C-CBCBC. What? They was both community colleges, but B-T-T-C-C is like a nicer, like, you know, a better community college. That sounds like something

I got to take for my cholesterol. B-C-C-C-T? Yes. That is what that. Whatever. Oh, my goodness. All right. Well, thank you for that donkey today.

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or wherever you get your podcast. And for more behind the scenes, follow at Clifford and at TikTok Podcast Network on TikTok. On The Look Back at it podcast. From 1979, that was a big moment for me. 84 was big to me. I'm Sam Jay. And I'm Alex English. Each episode, we pick a year, unpack what went down, and try to make sense of how we survived it.

With our friends, fellow comedians, and favorite authors. Like Mark Lamont Hill on the 80s. 84 was a wild year. It was a wild year. I don't think there's a more important year for black people. Listen to look back at it on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. In 2023, Bachelor star Clayton Eckerd was accused of fathering twins. But the pregnancy appeared to be a hoax.

You doctored this particular test twice in so much, correct? I doctored the test ones. It took an army of internet detectives to uncover a disturbing pattern. Two more men who'd been through the same thing. Greg Alespian. Michael Mancini. My mind was blown. I'm Stephanie Young.

This is Love Trapped. Laura, Scottsdale Police. As the season continues, Laura Owens finally faces consequences. Listen to Love Trapped podcast on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. When a group of women discover they've all dated the same prolific con artist, they take matters into their own hands. I vowed, I will be his last target. He is not going to get away with this. He's going to get what he deserves.

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