Obama delivers commencement speech at Rutgers: 'Ignorance is not a virtue'
by Edward Helmore from on (#1DVAV)
President's wide-ranging graduation address defends factual knowledge and attacks isolationism as he targets Trump's border wall plan
Barack Obama delivered a stinging rebuke to a culture of isolationism and falsehood, and an adamant defense of facts and science, in his commencement address to the Rutgers University graduating class of 2016 on Sunday.
In a wide-ranging address, Obama singled out the issue of income inequality and proposed closing tax loopholes on hedge fund managers, highlighted the importance of voting and accountability, and commented on the problems of money in politics and climate change.
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