President Trump and his Cabinet are speaking rarely at this year’s college graduations, even as the annually lopsided measure of liberal versus conservative commencement speakers seems more balanced than usual.
When they do speak, they are opposed by students such as those who walked out Saturday at Taylor University, a Christian liberal arts school in Indiana, unable to abide Vice President Mike Pence as a speaker at their graduation ceremony.
For most of the past 50 years, presidential speeches at graduations have been a staple of America’s spring landscape. President Barack Obama, for example, gave 24 graduation speeches during his eight-year presidency on campuses large and small.
Mr. Trump hasn’t been invisible among the caps and gowns, but bigger public stages, such as those at Ohio State and Rutgers universities, have been closed to Mr. Trump. Both schools invited Mr. Obama.
“The campus has become seriously radicalized in the last few years, and the eggshell-thin temperament of some students won’t tolerate this president, even though most schools would usually be delighted to get the sitting president to address them,” said Peter Wood, president of the National Association of Scholars, a conservative group.
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Well if he had something interesting to impart and not turn it into yet another pep rally media opportunity like he does every other venue and event. Elie Wiesel addressed my college graduation. LOL yeah Google him all you pro- Israelites. We don't need Politicians addressing these kids they will soon enough be paying to see and hear way to much from them.
ReplyDeleteAWE. Another BUTT HURT LIBUTARD from SU. What USELESS class do you teach?? African studies??
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