The president’s daughter urged graduates to embrace « the adventure » of « daunting challenges » in video recorded before recent protests across the country
Ivanka Trump responded Friday to the cancelation of her digital commencement speech at Wichita State University Tech by posting the video address – which was written weeks before tens of thousands hit the streets across the country protesting police brutality and the murder of George Floyd. The result: an immediate backlash on social media for being “tone deaf” to the plights of others.
“Here is the message I recorded on May 18th for the Graduates of WSU-Tech. I know that all of these talented graduates will dream big and aspire to make the world a better place!” the president’s daughter wrote Friday as a caption to the video. She was dropped from the lineup Thursday and a release from university leaders noted the move was made to focus the event “more centrally on students.”
“Our nation’s campuses should be bastions of free speech.
