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RandySF

(82,362 posts) Mon May 22, 2017, 09:02 PM May 2017

GOP senator: Pence deserved better treatment at Notre Dame [View all]

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) says that Vice President Pence “deserved better treatment” during his stop at the University of Notre Dame, where a large group of students walked out of his commencement address on Sunday.

“It is especially unfortunate that students walked out of the vice president’s speech on Sunday — because if any young people needed to hear how important freedom of speech is to our country, it would be them,” Cotton said in a statement Monday, according to NBC News.

“I think the vice president deserves credit for speaking out on the spread of intolerance at college campuses — and I know he deserved better treatment than what he received this weekend.”

A group of Fighting Irish graduates stood up and began to walk out as soon as Pence began speaking.

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/334636-gop-senator-pence-deserved-better-treatment-at-notre-dame

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GOP senator: Pence deserved better treatment at Notre Dame [View all] RandySF May 2017 OP

Meh. The students didn't interfere with Pence's free speech. The Velveteen Ocelot May 2017 #1

+1000 Freethinker65 May 2017 #11

Let's strike up the band! 50 Shades Of Blue May 2017 #2

you dont automatically deserve respect, you earn it.nt. drray23 May 2017 #3

and we deserve a better Vice President. spooky3 May 2017 #4

And we deserve a better Senator from Arkansas... Wounded Bear May 2017 #39

Cotton Go Fuck Yourself Shit Head. TheMastersNemesis May 2017 #5

Walking out is ALSO free speech. wildeyed May 2017 #6

Who are the "special snowflakes" now? Proud Liberal Dem May 2017 #22

Can't wait until.the UofA has Tom Cotton as a speaker. They sinkingfeeling May 2017 #7

Hey Tom Cotton-Fuck you and fuck Pence... flotsam May 2017 #8

Freedom of Association. These students Dawson Leery May 2017 #9

Pence is a fuckstick. Brainless as a silicone dildo. A tool. hunter May 2017 #10

I think those young people understand Phoenix61 May 2017 #12

Yes, Brave students & respectful protest. Alice11111 May 2017 #31

Yeah Tommie. sheshe2 May 2017 #13

+1 Proud Liberal Dem May 2017 #24

+1 WellDarn May 2017 #37

They did not stop him from speaking. Ilsa May 2017 #14

Pence haz a sad ProudLib72 May 2017 #15

Damn, is Pence really Roger Stone's little brother? Elwood P Dowd May 2017 #29

OMG! I didn't even see that till you pointed it out ProudLib72 May 2017 #40

Damned if you do, damned if you don't gratuitous May 2017 #16

Better call the whambulance. Another whiny little witch. Cry me a fucking river. onecaliberal May 2017 #17

Hey Tom: we know the game. McConnell has a rotation assignment list NCjack May 2017 #18

No, he did not deserve better treatment. Doreen May 2017 #19

So...we're supposed to be tolerant of the intolerant? Generic Brad May 2017 #20

Good one!!! ailsagirl May 2017 #25

That's pretty much the "religious liberty" argument in a nutshell. Nt Bleacher Creature May 2017 #28

He got better than he deserves. Solly Mack May 2017 #21

I wish the whole lot of graduates had exited ailsagirl May 2017 #23

What he really deserves is a swift kick in the ass Elwood P Dowd May 2017 #27

The entire country (and planet for that matter) deserves better from Pence. Nt Bleacher Creature May 2017 #26

I would refuse to listen to an anti women's rights activist like Pence applegrove May 2017 #30

Freedom of Feet! panader0 May 2017 #32

so was the land of cotton wearing a white hood? nt msongs May 2017 #33

And Americans deserve better than Mike Pence mountain grammy May 2017 #34

Respect is earned, pal C_U_L8R May 2017 #35

The guy who thinks gay people should be forced to get electroshock therapy to "cure" them Warren DeMontague May 2017 #36

Students have worked hard to get to Graduation at Notre Dame, the day is about them. salin May 2017 #38