Conservative college grad who walked out of Merrick Garland's commencement speech 'would do it again'

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Conservative college grad who walked out of Merrick Garland's commencement speech 'would do it again'
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Emma Heussner, a graduate of Harvard University who calls herself a conservative and who last year walked out of Merrick Garland's commencement address, told Fox News Digital she'd do it again.

"I would do it again," she told Fox News Digital this weekend.

"As long as conservatives are silent, we are compliant with how far we let the left push their agenda." KIRK CAMERON REJECTS DRAG QUEEN STORY TIME, IS INSTEAD SPEAKING ABOUT FAITH, FAMILY AT ARKANSAS LIBRARY Garland's ideas, she said — and the content of his speech last year —"didn’t represent me or what my academic career taught me to think independently [about]."When U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland spoke at Harvard's commencement address in May 2022, he said, among other things,"Our country’s institutions – like the department I lead – are central to the effort to defend our democracy.

Garland seemed to be saying,"This country sucks and you guys can fix it," said Heussner about the attorney general's commencement address. That"didn't sit right with me."

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