Results: JD Vance Tells U.S. Air Force Grads They Can't Boo His Commencement Speech Because 'I'm the Vice President of the United States'

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Vice President JD Vance told graduates at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado that they weren’t allowed to boo him because “I'm the vice president of the United States” His message comes as other graduation speakers have been met with boos at the mention of artificial intelligence The vice president added he supported Pope Leo XIV’s recent proclamation, known as an “encyclical,” that humans should “not outsource the most important moral decisions to digital technology,” in Vance's phrasing Vice President JD Vance had a message for graduates at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado during his commencement speech on Thursday, May 28. In a moment that has since gone Viral, Vance told graduates that they weren’t allowed to boo him because “I'm the vice president of the United States.” Vance's quip comes as several commencement speakers were met with boos at the mention of artificial intelligence: including real estate executive Gloria Caulfield during her speech at the University of Central Florida, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt who was booed at the University of Arizona graduation ceremony during remarks about AI and the world his company helped build, and Scott Borchetta, who told booing audience members — including graduates from Middle Tennessee State University's media and entertainment school that bears his name — to “deal with it” as he discussed the integration of AI into his industry. https://www.aol.com/articles/jd-vance-tells-u-air-231141137.html
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IF YOU WERE ONE OF THOSE AIR FORCE GRADS. WOULD YOU ALSO HAVE BOO'D JD ?
Yes
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654 votes
No
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352 votes
Not Applicable
37%
594 votes
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DO YOU THINK JD DESERVED TO GET BOO'D ?
Yes
45%
716 votes
No
20%
326 votes
Not Applicable
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558 votes
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"Now, you can't boo me. I'm the vice president of the United States," he added, drawing laughs. DO YOU THINK HE WAS JOKING OR SERIOUS?
Joking
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312 votes
Serious
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617 votes
A mix
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671 votes

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