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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump wasn't invited, he invited himself to give the commencement address at University of Alabama.
From The University of Alabama's Crimson White newspaper:
"Trump commencement address his idea, not University's"
The UA College Republicans said "He chose to come of his own volition."
UA President Stuart Bell "might have been caught between a rock and a hard place" when Trump asked to deliver an addres, citing the recent federal funding cuts at other universities.
https://thecrimsonwhite.com/121197/news/trumps-commencement-address-his-idea-not-universitys/
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Trump wasn't invited, he invited himself to give the commencement address at University of Alabama. (Original Post)
sop
14 hrs ago
OP
You didn't kick him out he didn't try and stop him you didn't pull him off the stage you let him get up there and you
Fullduplexxx
14 hrs ago
#5
Don't commencement speakers get honorary degrees? Are we supposed to address him now as
fierywoman
8 hrs ago
#7
Dennis Donovan
(30,639 posts)1. The graduates should turn their backs to him...
...and make a lot of noise to drown out his speech.
PJMcK
(23,551 posts)2. In Alabama?
Although that's a great idea, it probably won't happen, not in that state.
2naSalit
(96,616 posts)4. Or just not show up.
What an asshole.
tanyev
(46,217 posts)6. Or walk out when he starts speechifying.
BoRaGard
(5,200 posts)3. How do republicons spell "raging a-hole?"
Krasnov (R-Felon)
Fullduplexxx
(8,453 posts)5. You didn't kick him out he didn't try and stop him you didn't pull him off the stage you let him get up there and you
Let him let him speak So spare me
fierywoman
(8,293 posts)7. Don't commencement speakers get honorary degrees? Are we supposed to address him now as
"President Doctor Trump"?