Dozens of Notre Dame students walk out in the middle of VP Pence's commencement address.

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Dozens of graduates and family members silently stood and walked out of Notre Dame’s commencement ceremony on Sunday, as Mike Pence began his address.


Before the vice-president spoke in South Bend, Indiana, valedictorian Caleb Joshua Pine appeared to take issue with the policies of the Trump administration, as he urged his fellow graduates to “stand against scapegoating of Muslims”.

Donald Trump has been harshly criticized for using anti-Islamic rhetoric during his campaign and for his administration’s efforts to impose a travel ban on several Muslim-majority nations.

Pence, a former governor of Indiana, was invited to speak after Notre Dame students and faculty protested the prospect of Trump being invited to become the seventh US president to give the commencement address.
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/21/students-walk-out-mike-pence-notre-dame-commencement?CMP=share_btn_tw

[bettyellen]

1. Why is it 3/4 women- again?

[shenmue]

2. Ha ha

[uppityperson]

3. Here's an overhead video

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