Students to stage walkout of Pence speech

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Source: the hill



By Mark Hensch - 05/19/17 12:50 PM EDT


A student activist group at the University of Notre Dame says it plans on staging a walkout of Vice President Pence’s commencement speech this Sunday.

Student organizers told ThinkProgress that 50 to 100 people could walk out of Pence’s remarks Sunday.

“During his time as governor of the state of Indiana and now as a Vice-President, Pence has targeted the civil rights protections of members of [the] LGBT+ community, rejected the Syrian refugee resettlement program, supported an unconstitutional ban of religious minorities, and fought against sanctuary cities,” We StaND For said in a statement to ThinkProgress Friday.

“All of these policies have marginalized our vulnerable sisters and brothers for their religion, skin color, or sexual orientation.”

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Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/334247-students-to-stage-walkout-of-pence-speech

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[chillfactor]

1. excellent protest by the students...

I hope other students join them.

[murielm99]

2. I know they probably can't talk about it,

being a Catholic school, but what he did to Planned Parenthood in his state was a crime. It led to a huge herpes epidemic, too.

Good for them! I hope we see more of this. And if the school tries to do something to prevent this demonstration, there are other ways to show their displeasure.

[tblue37]

3. He aslso prevented a needle exchange program that was intended to slow the spread of HIV,

leading to a spike in new HIV cases in some counties that finally forced him to reverse his decision.

He gladly screws every demographic.

[Skittles]

4. make no mistake

the man doesn't give a fuck about ANYONE except RICH WHITE CONSERVATIVE MEN

he is a FUCKING ASSHOLE

[stuffmatters]

5. Bravo and hope all their parents with a conscience join this walkout protest.