Wednesday, May 10, 2017
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
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.
Congratulations to the graduates of Bethune-Cookman.
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.Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was just booed heavily as she gave a commencement address pic.twitter.com/51ZLxpwExW
— BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeed) 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.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
Congratulations to the graduates of Bethune-Cookman.
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