<p>Some of the students who on Sunday attended the graduation ceremony at Morehouse College, one of the country&#8217;s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), turned their back on President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> as he delivered a commencement address.</p>
<p>The Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/biden-morehouse-commencement-israel-gaza-protests-naacp-e42d08d7431bf9218afa90177efa3f60" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that at least seven graduates and a faculty member sat with their backs turned as Biden spoke. A group of students even walked out as Biden received an honorary degree, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/05/19/us/biden-morehouse-speech/07225281-64ea-5abc-8309-06a5c312f67c?smid=url-share" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to</a> The New York Times.</p>
<p>At least some of the graduates at the Georgia school appeared to be demonstrating in response to the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip as some of them were <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/05/19/us/biden-morehouse-speech/d9abb56b-4728-5c1c-8fa9-87a0b4f8781a?smid=url-share" target="_blank" rel="noopener">seen wearing</a> a Palestinian flag or keffiyeh scarves around their shoulders or necks.</p>
<p>Valedictorian DeAngelo Jeremiah Fletcher, who spoke before Biden, <a href="https://x.com/RNCResearch/status/1792197279799038052" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that it was his &#8220;stance as a Morehouse man — nay, as a human being — to call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Biden — confused — applauds as the speaker calls for an &quot;immediate and a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza strip&quot; <a href="https://t.co/3eIj63QOrO">pic.twitter.com/3eIj63QOrO</a></p>
<p>&mdash; RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1792197279799038052?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 19, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Biden, who clapped in response to Fletcher&#8217;s statement about Gaza, later <a href="https://x.com/MSNBC/status/1792206677598445975" target="_blank" rel="noopener">used his address</a> to intermix statements about the Israel-Hamas conflict with declarations about how he added black people to his administration and the courts.</p>
<p>“I support peaceful, non-violent protest. Your voices should be heard. And I promise you, I hear them,&#8221; Biden said, adding soon after, &#8220;It&#8217;s a humanitarian crisis in Gaza. That&#8217;s why I&#8217;ve called for an immediate ceasefire, to stop the fighting. Bring the hostages home.&#8221;</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">President Biden: “I support peaceful, non-violent protest. Your voices should be heard. And I promise you, I hear them&#8230;. It&#39;s a humanitarian crisis in Gaza. That&#39;s why I&#39;ve called for an immediate ceasefire, to stop the fighting. Bring the hostages home.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/3FKUikYE1E">pic.twitter.com/3FKUikYE1E</a></p>
<p>&mdash; MSNBC (@MSNBC) <a href="https://twitter.com/MSNBC/status/1792206677598445975?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 19, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Leading up to the ceremony on Sunday, faculty members at Morehouse College <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/historically-black-college-frets-biden-speech-as-campus-tensions-rise-over-israel-hamas-war" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expressed concerns</a> about &#8220;rumors&#8221; they were hearing about Biden&#8217;s commencement address as student protests over the Israel-Hamas war took place on university campuses across the country.</p>
<p>Kendrick Brown, the provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Morehouse, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/historically-black-college-frets-biden-speech-as-campus-tensions-rise-over-israel-hamas-war" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told staff</a> in an email the college was extending &#8220;an opportunity for faculty with different perspectives on the selection of our Commencement speaker to ask questions and make comments.&#8221;</p>
<p>He added that students would also be able to &#8220;engage&#8221; with college President David Thomas while declaring, &#8220;Please know going into this conversation that the College does not plan to rescind its accepted invitation to President Biden.&#8221;</p>
<p>Polling in recent months indicates that more black voters, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-bleeding-support-from-black-men-in-crucial-swing-states-wsj-poll-finds" target="_blank" rel="noopener">particularly among black men</a>, are ditching Biden and said they plan to support former President Donald Trump in the 2024 election across several battleground states — <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-bleeding-support-from-black-men-in-crucial-swing-states-wsj-poll-finds" target="_blank" rel="noopener">including Georgia</a>.</p>

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