2020 presidential candidate to make commencement address at SC university

Presidential hopeful Sen. Cory Booker will be making his way back to South Carolina this year to make a commencement speech at a college in the Palmetto State, the candidate tweeted.

Booker will be sending off the next group of graduates at South Carolina State University during their spring commencement on May 10, according to a statement from the college.

“So excited and honored to address the class of 2019!” Booker tweeted Monday.

This isn’t the first time the New Jersey senator was scheduled to speak at the Orangeburg university. Booker held a forum at the college in October to rally voters for the upcoming primary.

Booker will also be hosting a CNN town hall in Orangeburg Wednesday night at Stevenson Auditorium. S.C. State students were invited to participate in the forum.

This story was originally published March 26, 2019 at 12:07 PM.

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