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Bulwark Takes

Cap, Gown, Chaos

Bulwark Takes

The Bulwark

Society & Culture, News Commentary, News, Politics

4.71.2K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2025

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Sam Stein and Lauren Egan talk through Trump’s chaotic Alabama speech, from trans athlete rants to a bizarre story about a real estate developer.

Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:22.3

the bulwark and I'm joined by Lauren Egan fresh off of a duck hunt or was it a deer hunt? Which one,

0:27.7

Lauren? I'm more into deer actually. Deer hunts. Thanks for asking though. I just want to make sure

0:32.1

I understand what the camos for. I almost wore my camera tonight. Just my cozy

0:37.6

clothes, okay? We're not here to talk about that. We're here to talk about Donald Trump's

0:43.9

address before the University of Alabama. I was going to call it a commencement address.

0:47.6

It's not actually a commencement address. It is just an address right before their commencement

0:52.9

ceremonies. But it was before the university and of Alabama students.

0:56.2

A lot of people were in cap and gown.

0:58.0

We're going to get into it.

0:59.0

It took some weird turns, especially for a speech to graduates.

1:04.5

But before we do that, subscribe to the feed.

1:06.8

Really appreciate it.

1:07.5

So, Lauren, you're in SEC country. It's different than where I'm

1:14.3

currently residing where I'm from. Set up like a little bit sort of culturally what it's like at

1:20.5

Alabama. And, you know, obviously the state is very red. But is the student body red? Like, what are those schools like in your

1:29.1

estimation? Yeah. I mean, it's still a red state and it's, but it's, it's a college campus. So,

1:35.5

definitely going to be, you know, more conservative than perhaps where you went to school or what some

1:40.4

folks that go to school in the Northeaster are used to. But it's a college campus.

1:44.6

So there's, it's a bit more of a mix. But, you know, there was enough people on campus that

1:51.4

didn't want to show up to the Trump speech that went to a rally with Doug Jones and Beto O'Rourke there.

1:56.3

So like, there's conflicting political opinions on campus for sure.

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