As Twitchy reported over the weekend, a group of Notre Dame grads walked out as VP Mike Pence took the stage:
Group of Notre Dame students walk out on VP Mike Pence during commencement speech. https://t.co/KFQdastqYX pic.twitter.com/HOxBQiit4U
— ABC News (@ABC) May 22, 2017
A co-organizer of the walkout explained why the students exited the venue:
VIDEO – Notre Dame Student Who Protested Pence: ‘We Wanted’ to ‘Protect Human Dignity’ https://t.co/gfLXvD9pDB
— Grabien (@GrabienMedia) May 22, 2017
Co-organizer of Notre Dame walkout tells @BrookeBCNN goal was to "have solidarity w/ those that are most vulnerable" https://t.co/vR73FydFCj
— CNN (@CNN) May 22, 2017
Among the “vulnerable” the walkout was supposed to help are those in the country illegally:
“Part of my family is undocumented, and so [Pence’s speech] didn’t feel appropriate and we wanted to stand with them and for them.”
And now the grads will enter the real world. Or maybe not:
https://twitter.com/Reveille1au/status/866734404726661120
https://twitter.com/lion000/status/866732409382998017
And that it's ok to run when confronted to something u don't agree with. Looks like education has gotten them ready for the real world. ❄️❄️
— Ran ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@NF_Palm_Coast) May 22, 2017
What these students did to Pence was just plain bloody rude whatever political side u r on. https://t.co/IeGuLd70W3
— Shannon (@StrictlyStorm) May 22, 2017
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