President Donald Trump told West Point cadets at Saturday’s commencement that they “have the brightest minds,” along with “the bravest hearts and the noblest souls.”
Liz Cheney, a former Republican member of Congress, reportedly received boos from graduates during a commencement speech at Colorado College on Sunday.
Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi received an honorary degree from Brown University, where she spoke at the commencement ceremony of the 2022 graduating class and told them they should fight climate change and “help heal America’s fractured soul.”
As colleges open their commencement ceremonies for in-person attendance after the Chinese coronavirus pandemic, the Biden White House is barring Cabinet members from in-person speeches as President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris do not adhere to the same rules.
Former Secretary of State and 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton took several jabs at President Donald Trump during a commencement speech on Thursday at Medgar Evers College in New York.
A Chinese student was forced to apologize after her comments praising the United States’ “fresh air of free speech” in a commencement speech prompted criticism from online users in her home country.
Former President Bill Clinton was critical of President Donald Trump’s tough immigration policies during the delivery of his commencement speech at Hobart and William Smith Colleges this weekend.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) warned graduates that the country is “moving radically and rapidly” towards “oligarchy” under President Trump.
Anti-Israel, pro-Sharia Law leftist activist Linda Sarsour will deliver the commencement speech at the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate School of Public Health on June 1.
