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Wednesday, May 10, 2017

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Bethune-Cookman grads boo the hell out of Betsy DeVos' commencement speech

Posted By Colin Wolf on Wed, May 10, 2017 at 3:06 PM

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Photo by Monivette Cordeiro

Despite petitions from thousands of students, for some reason Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos gave a commencement speech today at the historically black Bethune-Cookman University and, well, she was booed to hell and back.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was just booed heavily as she gave a commencement address pic.twitter.com/51ZLxpwExW
— BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeed) May 10, 2017

As you can see in the clip above, Devos, a billionaire GOP donor who once said that historically black colleges and universities founded during racial segregation were the "real pioneers" of "school choice," wasn't winning over the crowd.

A large number of grads have their backs to DeVos now as she speaks. It's a little hard to hear her words. pic.twitter.com/yVXsqLVJQv
— Molly Hensley-Clancy (@mollyhc) May 10, 2017

At one point, the chanting and boos were so bad the university president grabbed the mic and threatened cut the ceremony short and send the diplomas out by mail.

Congratulations to the graduates of Bethune-Cookman.

Tags: Betsy Devos, Bethune-Cookman University, Video, Image

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