George Bush Jokes About Being ‘C-Student’ President, Defends Religious Liberty at SMU

Former President George W. Bush delivered the commencement address at Southern Methodist University (home to his presidential library) earlier today, making jokes about his grades and taking a firm stand in defense of religious liberty.

According to The Hill, Bush spoke of “the freedom to worship who we want, and how we want, or not to worship at all” as fundamental to American rights and liberties.

“Whether you agree with that statement,” he said, “is your choice, it is not your government’s choice.”

Bush also joked a bit about how he ended up agreeing to give the speech in the first place, as well as giving this key piece of advice to all the C students: “you too can be president.”

Watch the video below, via USA Today:

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