Former judge and prosecutor Jeanine Pirro channeled her passion for politics and聽聽in her remarks Wednesday at 海角在线.
Pirro delivered the keynote address, 鈥淎merica Today: The Courts, Media and Violence in Society,鈥� as part of 鈥檚 speaker series. Pirro hosts the highly-rated primetime weekend show 鈥淛ustice with Judge Jeanine鈥� on the Fox News Channel. She is also a legal commentator and author of four books.
She is a champion of rights for abused women and children, inspired by her time as聽. She was the first woman elected to both posts. Pirro eventually gravitated toward political commentary because she 鈥渇elt there was more crime going on in Congress than there was in courtrooms around the country.鈥�
She encouraged students to question everything and not accept what they鈥檙e told because someone is likable or popular.
Prior to a lively talk in the DeSantis Family Chapel, journalism professor Israel Balderas interviewed Pirro in a聽听蹿辞谤听聽in the Warren Library. She greeted about two dozen students in the President鈥檚 Lyceum, commending them for the poise they had when they introduced themselves. She offered career advice, particularly for young women who are pursuing careers in professions made up mostly of men.
Their education at 海角在线 will guide them to their careers, she said.
鈥淚t鈥檚 about preparation, and it鈥檚 about confidence,鈥� Pirro said. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 what it is 鈥� working hard, being passionate, burning the candle and giving up the good times, because the good times come later.鈥�
Her own passion was helping victims. She helped create one of the first domestic violence units in the nation as a prosecutor in New York. Silence benefits the abuser, never the victim, she said, paraphrasing her hero, Nobel Peace Prize winner and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel.
鈥淭he victim is the underdog who never chose to be a part of the system in the first place,鈥� Pirro said.
Before her lecture in the chapel, former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux introduced Pirro as someone who led the fight to protect women and children against domestic abuse before she became a public voice on issues of law and order.
鈥淪he鈥檚 not just a person who talks the talk. She has walked the walk,鈥� he said.
Pirro, a longtime friend and outspoken supporter of President Donald Trump, alluded to special counsel Robert Mueller鈥檚 investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and Trump鈥檚 former lawyer聽聽earlier in the day. She then shifted her focus to the rising popularity of socialism.
鈥淲ith capitalism, there is an opportunity to succeed. There is not that with socialism. You are regimented,鈥� Pirro said. 鈥淯nfortunately, the young people in our society don鈥檛 get it.鈥�
She was also critical of lawmakers who failed to聽聽after attempted abortions.
鈥淚t鈥檚 not third-term abortion. It is murder,鈥� Pirro said. 鈥淣ow the question is who鈥檚 next? The disabled? The elderly?鈥�
