Trump to Deliver Commencement Speech at U. Alabama, Democrats Outraged
“UA is not a fascist playground”
Alabama may be a red state, but you better believe there will protests for this. The College Democrats are already freaking out.
Campus Reform reports:
Trump to speak at Alabama commencement, sparks outrage from College Democrats
President Donald J. Trump will deliver a spring commencement address to graduates at the University of Alabama (UA) on May 1.
Following the announcement of the event, UA’s College Democrats issued a statement condemning the president and the planned speech.
“UACD is shocked and disgusted to learn that our unpopular, divisive, and authoritarian president will be involved in commencement for the graduating class of 2025. This insult will not go unanswered,” UA College Democrats posted on social media.
“UA is not a fascist playground,” the post continues.
In response to the statement, Alabama Lt. Governor Will Ainsworth wrote the following on X, calling the student organization’s behavior a “childish tantrum”:
“The University of Alabama College Democrats have taken a page from the radical playbook we see used on liberal campuses in other states. Having the sitting President of the United States address your class at commencement is an honor. Their childish tantrum is tone deaf.”
In another post on X, Lt. Gov. Ainsworth said he is “honored to welcome” the president to UA, and said “it’s safe to say [President Trump] feels welcomed in Sweet Home Alabama.”
Generation Z political commentator and chair of the Republican National Committee’s Youth Advisory Council Brilyn Hollyhand also shared his enthusiasm to welcome President Trump to his state.
“The President’s commitment to take time out of leading the Free World to speak to Alabama’s graduates is a testament to his priorities: encouraging the next generation of leaders!,” Hollyhand, a Tuscaloosa native, wrote on X.
Alabama Sen. Katie Boyd Britt, a UA graduate, echoed the positive sentiment.
“Thrilled @POTUS will deliver the 2025 commencement address at the University of Alabama. What a tremendous honor for my alma mater. Looking forward to a historic occasion for graduates and their families. Roll Tide!,” Sen. Britt wrote on X.
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Dems are always outraged.
Beat me to it.
my commencement address was the lawyer who represented Jane Roe at SCOTUS. Not my ideal choice for a speaker (even as I was more liberal at 22 than I am now, I have never been a fan of abortion), but I was polite, I sat quietly through her speech – to be fair, it was more about her struggle as a female lawyer in the 60s and 70s than about Roe – and at the end, I walked, received my diploma and hood, and enjoyed my day.
Grow up.
“UACD is shocked and disgusted to learn that our unpopular, divisive, and authoritarian president”
I understand he won both the Unpopular Vote AND the Selectoral College.
“UA is not a fascist playground,” the post continues.”
No, apparently, it’s a short bus for political retards.