President Trump appeared to threaten to pull federal funds from the University of California at Berkeley Thursday in reaction to violent protests at the school over a scheduled talk by a Breitbart News editor.

If U.C. Berkeley does not allow free speech and practices violence on innocent people with a different point of view – NO FEDERAL FUNDS? — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 2, 2017

Wednesday’s talk by Milo Yiannopoulos was canceled two hours before its scheduled start time after a crowd threw smoke bombs, broke windows, and sparked a massive bonfire.

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