Students Offended That Their State’s Senator Is Going to Speak at Graduation

03 Mar

Students Offended That Their State’s Senator Is Going to Speak at Graduation

By Matt Lamb Events #commencement, #freespeech, #jeffsessions, #Trump Comments Off

In April 2016, students at University of Alabama-Hunstville were offended that then-Senator Jeff Sessions would be speaking at graduation, due to his support of Donald Trump. Even though Sessions was a popular Senator from Alabama, the students wanted their feelings about Trump to take precedent over the long and successful political career of Sessions representing the state.

Source: http://www.al.com/news/huntsville/index.ssf/2016/04/new_petition_at_uah_we_want_se.html

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