[applause] karen and i are the parents of three amazing kids. one of them just joined the ranks of college graduate. thought it s an accomplishment for you graduating, but it s also an accomplishment for your families. your family even couraged you, they prayed for you. in most cases they signed a whole lot of checks to make this day possible. before we go one step further, class of 2017, why don t you stand up, turn around, catch the eye of your loved ones and show them how thankful you are for the love and support that carried you to this day.
of checks, before we go one step further, class of 2017, go ahead and stand up, turn around, catch the eye of a loved one and show how thankful you are for all the support that made this day possible. [applause] it is especially meaningful for me to have the opportunity to address graduates, for more than 140 years, fostered an identity of independence. a college that literally rose to national prominence by standing firm for the principles on which it was founded. in 1876, the shadow of a new birth of american freedom secured by the fires of the civil war, grove city college
a hideous misjudgment with ni z michael flynn. they had a guy tied to a foreign power to try to manipulate our election shaping his foreign policy views. the candidate and president and he was national security advi r adviser. i go one step further. i don t think that is part of it. i think when you had that tweet from president trump a couple weeks ago saying flynn should take immunity. i don t believe that is you go. there was a sense from people close in the administration there is an acknowledgment that michael flynn knows a lot. it is not clear whether it will be problematic for him to talk to people as he is trying to offer immunity. i don t know the extent of what he may know. i know a common certain for donald trump over his career is having potential allies who turn problems outside of your
have a press conference, not talk to the ranking democrat of the committee, release that information to the white house and he s supposed to be doing an independent investigation. i agree with senator mccain, there is no credibility in the ability to hold an independent investigation by the house intelligence committee. i go one step further, though. i think we need an independent commission made up of full-time experts that can look at all the aspects of this russian connection to the united states and be able to give a full report to the american people and congress but it s clear to me the way the house is conducting their investigation by releasing this information is just outrageous. when you talk about an independent commission do you think there s any bipartisan support for that kind of thing? well, we know that when we were attacked after 9/11 we had strong bipartisan support for an independent commission. we had an independent commission and it brought out changes we neede
doubling down on the perspective that got to take on the media saying the fake news media, the failing new york times, abc, cbs, cnn is not my enemy, they are the enemy of the american people. today he is hitting the campaign trail in melbourne, australia, melbourne, florida. he is going to be down there in florida basically going back to the rattles that got him elected in the first place. it is a hard thing once you win an election because you don t have an enemy, he was able to run against hillary clinton, it is a smart strategy going after the media, pointing out their dishonesty, in front of these reporters saying you paint totally different story from what was actually done but the other side of this, the media plays an important role which vice president pens learned mike flynn lied to him because of the media and he was fired because