Her Name Is Trump. That Makes Her an ‘Elevated Risk,’ According to Trinity University

The school said a talk by Cherise Trump—no relation to Donald—posed a security threat Cherise Trump speaks at a Young Conservatives of Texas panel in Austin, Texas / Twitter @cherisetrump

Cherise Trump is used asking questions about her name. Trump is the executive director at Speech First, a non-profit that protects college students’ First Amendment rights. She has been answering questions about her last name since 2017, when she married her husband.

“People ask everyday if I’m related to the former president,” She told the Washington Free Beacon. As a quick Google search will show, she is not. reveal. Trump claimed that she has not been protested on college campuses in nearly two years of speaking.

However, she is being pressured by a liberal arts school to buy event insurance before she sets foot on campus. They cite her name as a security risk.

Young Conservatives of Texas requested that Trump speak at Trinity University in Texas this month. Jennifer Adamo, the school’s director of risks management, warned of the potential for “disruption.” The talk was an “elevated risk,” In a February 20 email, she informed student organizers that it was because “there is potential for others to mistakenly believe that Cherise Trump is related to Donald Trump.”

Speech First was asked by the school to obtain special liability insurance prior to the March 3 event.

Trinity email to student organizers, asking for Cherise Trump to purchase liability insurance

Trump—who did end up buying a $76 plan—called the request “ridiculous.”

“Trinity should be fostering a campus environment that encourages its students to hear differing ideas without turning to mob violence,” She spoke. “Not only does this show that the university has little faith in its students’ ability to use the internet, it also coddles and shields students from opposing viewpoints.”

Adamo didn’t respond to our request for comment.

Trinity’s concerns come amid an uptick in rowdy protests on college campuses, where speakers have been shouted down—and in some cases physically threatened—by throngs of militant activists. In March 2022 hundreds of students were killed in protests. Interrupted Yale Law School hosted a panel for free speech, and police had to take the panelists to safety.

The University of California Berkeley Milo Yiannopoulos and Evergreen cancelled an event in 2017 after violent protests that caused $100,000 of property damage. Students at Evergreen also attended in 2017.

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