Posted on 05/12/2024 8:33:23 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Dozens of graduating students walked out of Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) on Saturday after Gov. Glenn Youngkin took the stage to deliver a commencement address.
Video of the Saturday morning incident shows throngs of graduates getting up from their seats and leaving the Greater Richmond Convention Center as the Republican governor began talking.
A few could be heard cheering the students on.
The governor, who also received an honorary doctorate of humane letters at the commencement ceremony, kicked off his speech with a shout-out to all the mothers ahead of Mother’s Day.
He did not acknowledge those leaving and carried on with his speech.
“The world needs your music,” Youngkin said to those students still in attendance. “You, all of you, will be the symphony. Make it a masterpiece.”
Many who left during Youngkin’s speech showed support for Palestinians amid Israel’s ongoing war in the Gaza Strip against Hamas terrorists.
Others held signs signaling their opposition to the governor’s education policies, per reporting from local outlet WRIC-TV.
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I would love to see what degrees those idiots were going to receive? What “studies” programs?
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