GraduateTogether!

Graduate Together.

LeBron James and former president Barack Obama teamed up to release a two-hour special to thank the millions of students who lost their opportunities to have a proper graduation from preschool, high school and colleges.

The Los Angeles Lakers guard feels the pain of the millions of students. The NBA was cancelled in March after the coronavirus infected a handful of players and the season was abruptly halted.

Tonight is going to be extremely special! Big S/O to all of class of 2020! Love you guys 🙏🏾💪🏾❤️👑 https://t.co/dwUI5YrlMS

— LeBron James (@KingJames) May 16, 2020

👏🏾 So proud of you Donna and ALL the parents across the country who have strived for more for their families. Today is for you too! Congratulations to the entire Class of 2020!! 🙏🏾 #WeAreFamily ❤️ pic.twitter.com/PITvPjPAfg

— LeBron James (@KingJames) May 16, 2020

I’m really proud of the show tonight and the team @SpringHillEnt & @LJFamFoundation are able to create something for families to celebrate all their graduates. But I’m especially proud of helping create a platform for President Barack Obama to address the nation on primetime TV.

— LeBron James (@KingJames) May 16, 2020

Obama rarely criticizes his successor but recent events forced the former president to go after him for the handling of this pandemic. Obama offered three pieces of advice to the class of 2020.

Here's his advice for the new graduates:

Don't be afraid
Do what you think is right
Build a community

Congrats to the high school Class of 2020, as well as to the teachers, coaches, and most of all, parents and family who’ve guided you along the way. Thanks for letting me be part of your big day! pic.twitter.com/RjYvHs2BhC

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) May 17, 2020

It’s time to #GraduateTogether with President @BarackObama. Hats off to you, #ClassOf2020! Get ready to tune in! pic.twitter.com/1LNfR0YEJt

— The Obama Foundation (@ObamaFoundation) May 16, 2020

One of the most influential tweets was one word. He told Americans to vote.

Vote.

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) May 14, 2020

Tonight's Graduate Together will be on ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, The CW, Fox and participating cable networks.

Due to the COVID19 pandemic many graduating classes will lose out their opportunity to say their last goodbyes to their friends and teachers.

James managed to get a lot of celebrities together to cheer the Class of 2020.

Barack Obama and LeBron James thanks the Class of 2020.

Comedian Kevin Hart; singers Pharrell Williams, the Jonas Brothers, Bad Bunny and Alicia Keys, and actresses Olivia Wilde and Zendaya.

The passage to adulthood will forever change now that the coronavirus has shaken up the status quo.

For the foreseeable future, students will no longer have large gatherings. This coronavirus has killed over 100,000 Americans and displaced 40 million out of jobs. Donald J. Trump wants to reopen the government without any proper safety measures. He is rooting on folks to risk their lives for "freedom."

Barack Obama took the H1N1 and Ebola threats seriously. He left Trump a pandemic playbook.

Trump ignored the advice of Obama and called the coronavirus a hoax. He and his far-white allies consider the coronavirus similar to the flu and believe that Democrats and progressives are hyping up the death count to hurt Trump's reelection chances.

Trump had said that Americans should be injecting disinfectants and bleach into your body. That was roundly criticized and Trump backed down by saying he was joking. Even his press secretary Kayleigh McEnany tried to justify the incompetence by trouting out binders claiming that Trump was way ahead of the pandemic.

With this many people dead and so much uncertainty, I wonder if she was lying when she said she promised not to lie.