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As President  Donald Trump  delivered a speech about criminal justice to a room full of political allies at the historically black college Benedict College, in Columbia, S.C., most students were  reportedly  asked to stay in their dorms. The President delivered the speech Friday afternoon to a room that only included a handful of students. Benedict College Spokeswoman Kymm Hunter  reportedly  told the White House press pool that only seven students attended the speech, and CNN  reports  that Columbia’s Mayor Stephen Benjamin said the White House chose who else attended. “This should have been an opportunity for at least scores of students to attend this event,” Benjamin reportedly said to CNN. Hunter  said  in a statement to The State that asking students to remain in their dorms was part of a safety plan the school made in conjunction with the Secret Service and that classes were canceled. “The campus was closed and streets surrounding the campus were shut down to all vehi