Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, will no longer give the commencement speech at Texas Southern University, the college announced Friday.

Cornyn had been slated to speak at the Saturday event in Houston, but the university said it made the change to keep the focus of the day on students, not a politician who some do not support because of his vote to confirm Education Secretary Betsy DeVos.

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