Pence, undeterred by the controversy surrounding his appearance, spoke broadly about the importance of freedom of religion.
As Vice President Mike Pence gave the Saturday morning commencement address at Taylor University — a Christian school in Pence's home state of Indiana — dozens of graduating seniors and faculty walked out in protest.
Close to 10,000 people signed the Change.org sheet, although only a fraction of the roughly 500 graduating students actually ended up walking out of the speech. Still, the demonstration marked a rare instance in which a member of the Trump administration was rebuffed in what was supposed to be friendly territory.
Pence, undeterred by the controversy surrounding his appearance, spoke broadly about the importance of freedom of religion and urged the graduates to remain strong in their beliefs in the face of persecution. A livestream of the speech shows him receiving a standing ovation.
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