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Gun control activist David Hogg, a former student of Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, graduated from Harvard University this week, and the first thing he did was make a dig at some prominent conservatives, including Fox News host Laura Ingraham.
After the Parkland school shooting on Valentine’s Day in 2018, Hogg, then only 17, launched the March For Our Lives student activist group, and became a prominent face in the media, calling for gun control legislation.
During the same time, Hogg was rejected by multiple colleges, and lamented at one point that he had been rejected by four colleges in California.
Ingraham then posted a note on Twitter, mocking, “David Hogg Rejected By Four Colleges To Which He Applied and whines about it. (Dinged by UCLA with a 4.1 GPA…totally predictable given acceptance rates.)”
Hogg erupted in outrage, and went on a massive campaign calling out every organization who advertised on Ingraham’s show. As a result, over 15 companies pulled their ads from Ingraham’s show, although most eventually went back when the dust settled.
David Hogg Rejected By Four Colleges To Which He Applied and whines about it. (Dinged by UCLA with a 4.1 GPA…totally predictable given acceptance rates.) https://t.co/wflA4hWHXY
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) March 28, 2018
Fast forward to this week. On Thursday, Hogg posted a photo of himself in his cap and gown, holding his diploma from Harvard University, and mockingly wrote, “Hey @IngrahamAngle, you can send my graduation present to: http://Marchforourlives.com/donate.”
Hey @IngrahamAngle you can send my graduation present to:https://t.co/8BYfCVcTz0 pic.twitter.com/ICyBvBOjLw
— David Hogg 🟧 (@davidhogg111) May 25, 2023
In a second tweet, he posted a video of himself saying, “I just graduated from Harvard. I would personally like to take a moment to those who got me here: Laura Ingraham, Marjorie Taylor Greene, the haters, and those who actually loved me, like my parents, my sister and all of those along the way who believed in me even when I didn’t believe in myself.”
— David Hogg 🟧 (@davidhogg111) May 25, 2023
In another video, as Hogg is presented his diploma, he was commended for his efforts to “end gun violence, getting out the youth vote, and getting young people to run for state legislature after college.”
“David plans on working to end influence of the gun lobbyists and the NRA,” the announcer is heard saying.
I Forgot to show you I had said when I got my degree 🙂 pic.twitter.com/tsTnBsrUUr
— David Hogg 🟧 (@davidhogg111) May 26, 2023
Some Twitter users are congratulating Hogg, while others are piling on with mockery, and informing him that a degree from Harvard isn’t necessarily anything to be proud of.
Harvard is a disgraced institution today.
— Joey Mannarino (@JoeyMannarinoUS) May 25, 2023
Imagine thinking Laura Ingram cares that you graduated. You’re just another cog in the wheel of grifters.
— The Constitutional Conservative (@TheCCShowcast) May 25, 2023
If you weren’t a publicity admission with a guaranteed diploma waiting on you, it would be impressive.
— Mr. WhaleMan (@SirWhaleMan) May 25, 2023
Proof a Harvard education ain’t what it used to be
— Austin Grantham (@UncleNachoDog) May 25, 2023
Mr Hogg; just what the world needs; another guy with an inflated sense of purpose and a Harvard history degree, ready to grift as a “community organizer”.
— JayHawk (@hawkman555) May 25, 2023
They let anyone to graduate I see. Did you write papers how you hate yourself for having white privileged?
— I Meme Therefore I Am 🇺🇸 (@ImMeme0) May 25, 2023
Graduating from Harvard is not the flex you think it is. Look at your life and your beliefs. If anything, this is an advertisement for trade school.
— Michael Patrick Hanson (@LightWebsMPH) May 25, 2023
Would Harvard have accepted him had his friends not died?
— FloridaMan’sWife (@ChasSumnerWife) May 26, 2023
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