Emma Heussner, a Harvard graduate and social media director for the Daily Caller, went viral on Sunday after storming out of Merrick Garland’s graduating address.

Heussner said on Facebook that she had just left Harvard’s graduation ceremony because she didn’t want to listen to Merrick Garland brag about himself for 30 minutes, but what she did hear was rather interesting.

Garland’s commencement speech for the 2020 and 2021 graduates alluded to the events of January 6 at the Capitol and worries about the 2020 election’s legitimacy. He also urged the graduates to devote at least a portion of their life to public service, arguing that the recent mass murders in Texas, California, and New York were sufficient grounds for them to do so.

just walked out of harvard’s graduation because I didn’t want to listen to merrick garland talk about himself for 30 minutes pic.twitter.com/av26ok3mCb

— Emma Heussner (@emmaheussner) May 29, 2022

Heussner had about 1,600 Twitter followers before she posted the video. This figure is rapidly nearing 10,000. She remarked when asked why she left the event, “I had been sitting there for more than two hours listening to people speak in Latin, give cordial formalities. By the time Merrick Garland got on stage, I was so anxious to leave and meet up with my parents. They’re the ones who helped me accomplish what I have and supported me to get to Harvard in the first place. Choosing to walk out was an easy decision for me.”

Heussner’s choice was made much simpler when he heard a portion of the speech, “Even overhearing his speech as I walked out, it was pretty rich to hear about how ‘awful’ our country is and what we as graduates should do about it, given that he’s the one in an incredible position of power to who gets immediate results from the decisions he makes.”