Mel Gibson, Willie Robertson, Vince Vaughn Show Up to Liberty University Graduation John S. Roberts
Liberty University in Virginia was the place to be today, especially if you were graduating.
Look at all the right-leaning celebrities that showed up and addressed the crowd…
From The Blaze:
Liberty University conferred more than 19,000 degrees Saturday morning, and it happened in front of a star-studded audience — a surprise to most of the students there.
Saturday morning, as thousands of students lined up for Pomp and Circumstance and thousands more found their seats in the university’s large football stadium, some familiar faces were in the crowd: actors Vince Vaughn and Mel Gibson, Duck Dynasty star Willie Robertson, producer Randall Wallace and NFL running back Rashad Jennings, a Liberty University graduate.
Jennings was the commencement ceremony’s keynote speaker, but the other stars greeted the students, too.
Gibson and Wallace spoke briefly to the students, saying they were there working on the upcoming film “Hacksaw Ridge,” which is directed by Gibson and tells the story of Lynchburg native Pfc. Desmond T. Doss, the first “conscientious objector” to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor, according to The News & Advance, a local Lynchburg newspaper.
“When I came here the first time to Lynchburg, I didn’t know about Desmond Doss,” Gibson told the large crowd. “I’ve lived with Desmond’s story for about almost two years now, and I’ve gained a tremendous admiration for this man. He was one of the most heroic figures in American history.”
this is normal… jk WHAT Vince Vaughn is in town?!?? #LUgrad pic.twitter.com/m6v6ZHFgGA
— jake holland (@jakeholla) May 14, 2016
WILLIE ROBERTSON at @LibertyU Commencement! #ProudLUAlum ? pic.twitter.com/TX6kkU1wbq
— Katie Spiro (@KatieSpiro) May 14, 2016
Could you ask for anything better?
Universities need to have more conservative commencement speakers telling them what to expect after leaving college, because they’ll give it to them straight.
They’ll tell them they’re actually not special.
Having Barack Obama give a commencement speech is worth nothing, unless you count bloviating about liberal policies as “something.”