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Watch these Notre Dame grads walk out of Mike Pence’s commencement speech

Here’s how many students left graduation.

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Josh Katzowitz

Notre Dame graduation student walkout

A human rights advocacy group in Indiana called We StaND For announced last week that it would stage a walkout during Notre Dame’s graduation ceremony on Sunday as soon as Vice President Mike Pence began giving his commencement speech.

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On Sunday when Pence stepped up to the podium, WNDU tweeted out video of a large group of students doing exactly that, taking their belongings and peacefully and silently leaving Notre Dame Stadium.

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The reason for the silent protest from We StaND For was simple: The group is opposed to Pence, the former governor of Indiana, and his stances on LGBTQ issues and immigration.

While the students who walked out were only a small percentage of the graduates and their families who were in attendance at the ceremony, We StaND For considered the protest a victory.

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