Hey, Laura Ingraham, David Hogg Actually Did Get Into UC Irvine

Ron Dicker
Updated

Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg, famously mocked by Fox News’ Laura Ingraham for not getting into several University of California schools, actually did get accepted to UC Irvine, according to TMZ.

Hogg, who has become a leading advocate for stronger gun laws in the wake of the Feb. 14 massacre at his high school in Florida, told TMZ Sunday that he received an acceptance letter from Irvine last week. The outlet reported previously that Hogg had been rejected by that school and UCLA, San Diego and Santa Barbara despite a high grade-point average.

Ingraham last month ridiculed Hogg on Twitter for failing to gain entry into the colleges. The backlash was fierce. Hogg encouraged his Twitter followers to contact Ingraham’s sponsors. Several advertisers dropped the show, and the host departed on vacation. Ingraham is scheduled to return to the air on “The Ingraham Angle” Monday night.

Hogg, a senior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School who rallied supporters at the March For Our Lives demonstration last month in Washington, didn’t say whether he accepted the offer to attend UC Irvine. He didn’t immediately respond to a HuffPost request for comment.

U.S. News and World Report ranked UC Irvine ninth among public universities and 42nd among universities nationally.

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A student from Baltimore, Maryland, holds a protest sign during the March For Our Lives Rally in Washington.
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Emma Weill-Jones, 9, holds a sign featuring a quote from Malala Yousafzai at the March For Our Lives rally in Philadelphia.
Activists in Houston, Texas channel "The Handmaid's Tale."
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A sign seen during a demonstration at Miami Beach Senior High School, in Miami, Florida reads "I should be writing my English paper, not my will."
A sign seen during a demonstration at Miami Beach Senior High School, in Miami, Florida reads "I should be writing my English paper, not my will."

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