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obamanut2012

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38. The President, who is black

Reply to Alice11111 (Reply #30)

Thu May 11, 2017, 02:19 PM

May 2017

It is appalling.

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Students Boo, Turn Their Backs on DeVos at Bethune-Cookman Speech [View all] dixiegrrrrl May 2017 OP

Thank you students! coco22 May 2017 #1

Darn!! Sophiegirl May 2017 #2

Just saw the video on CNN! sheshe2 May 2017 #10

K&R Solly Mack May 2017 #3

Was Thinking The Same, Solly ProfessorGAC May 2017 #15

The kind of empty threat that asserted his authority no matter how ineffectual. Solly Mack May 2017 #16

Yeah, Fair Enough! ProfessorGAC May 2017 #18

Being near Trump has become flat out toxic. NCTraveler May 2017 #4

I am still shocked an HBCU did this obamanut2012 May 2017 #5

Who invited her to give the commencement speech? Seems sgrange that she was there. Alice11111 May 2017 #30

The President, who is black obamanut2012 May 2017 #38

Maybe DT enlisted him too. A college Prez can't be Alice11111 May 2017 #40

Good job, students! You learned well. aikoaiko May 2017 #6

The president is an arse. demmiblue May 2017 #7

Would have been great ProudLib72 May 2017 #8

k+r Blue_Tires May 2017 #9

Video: demmiblue May 2017 #11

Beauteous! BlancheSplanchnik May 2017 #24

Here's brief video of them booing and turning their backs. Good on them for expressing suffragette May 2017 #12

Turn your chairs around, face the other direction, Ilsa May 2017 #13

Good! BumRushDaShow May 2017 #14

a real "after all I've done for you people" moment.. JHan May 2017 #17

Excellent reference. dixiegrrrrl May 2017 #19

I just don't get it...why would they give her anything? Why was she there? Alice11111 May 2017 #31

I actually think BCC's President is who did that obamanut2012 May 2017 #39

MIC DROP benld74 May 2017 #20

The Trump Team lives in a bubble. They should stay in the bubble until we pop it for them. Mr. Ected May 2017 #21

YAAAY STUDENTS!! We are with you!! BlancheSplanchnik May 2017 #22

++++ agree iluvtennis May 2017 #25

Their diplomas will be mailed to them??? Gamecock Lefty May 2017 #23

Any number of schools mail the diplomas already. PoindexterOglethorpe May 2017 #26

Mine were all mailed to me...4, even JD and HS. Alice11111 May 2017 #32

If there are more than some number of students, PoindexterOglethorpe May 2017 #33

Maybe tbe Oscars should consider mailing to get it right Alice11111 May 2017 #36

Jackson should be grateful... Fritz Walter May 2017 #27

It would be worth getting a degree mailed.. whose Cha May 2017 #28

Yeah, some threat. cemaphonic May 2017 #29

That's what I don't get too, but thank you to the brave ones who turned away. Alice11111 May 2017 #37

good on the students fishwax May 2017 #34

WHY was she even invited in the first place? surely the admin could have found a suitable niyad May 2017 #35

+1000. nt ecstatic May 2017 #42

Had I been there Best_man23 May 2017 #41