The graduation speech included a string of insults targeting China, psychologists, gym teachers, people named Jeremy -- and the Class of 2020 itself.
Sen. Ben Sasse raised eyebrows over the weekend with a commencement speech that has been referred to as tone deaf and insensitive in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Opinion: Class of 2020 was to enter the strongest job market in 50 years — and now graduates’ earnings will lag peers’ for a decade The Twitter TWTR, +2.20% reactions were more colorful, comparing the speech to a failing stand-up routine or a “Saturday Night Live” sketch. Sasse’s spokesman responded that the remarks were jokes. “Like he said in the video greeting, Ben’s proud of each of the graduates — and he believes their generation is tough enough to help lead us through the bumpy economic times ahead,” Wegmann said in a statement to the Associated Press.
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