A small, private Christian college in Indiana is at the center of a controversy when the university officially invited Vice President Mike Pence to speak at its commencement ceremonies, sparking anti-Trump and anti-Pence fervor online.
A student commencement speaker at Sonoma State University used her platform to rail against the police and President Donald Trump, which upset a handful of parents in attendance.
Still bitter? Joe Biden criticized President Trump, although not by name, for things such as ‘hate speech,’ ‘fringe ideologies’ and the ‘forces of populism.’
One Trump administration official was invited to speak at a top-100 university (Mike Pence), when eleven Obama officials were invited to speak at commencement.
Vice President Mike Pence spoke about free speech and differing opinions at Notre Dame, yet 100 students out of over 3,100 walked out in protest of Pence and Trump.
Linda Sarsour is not a terrorist, claimed two rabbis in an op-ed. Sarsour is an anti-Israel activist and will be speaking at CUNY’s commencement this year.
Trump’s Department of Education Secretary, Betsy DeVos, was booed by graduating students and they turned their backs to her as she delivered her commencement address at Bethune-Cookman University.
Mike Pence is not welcome at Notre Dame, at least that is what some activist students are saying. They claimed that they feel “unsafe” with Vice President Pence giving a commencement address at Notre Dame.
