Student Outraged Over ‘Cowardly’ And ‘Inoffensive’ Commencement Speaker Kermit The Frog

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Student Outraged Over ‘Cowardly’ And ‘Inoffensive’ Commencement Speaker Kermit The Frog

1 sourceUpdated Jul 1, 2026

Some University of Maryland (UMD) students are expressing outrage that commencement speaker Kermit the Frog will not give a politically charged speech at graduation on Thursday. Kermit was announced as the speaker in…

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