ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. — An Illinois eighth-grader earned laughs, cheers and groans — as well as a diploma — when he graduated from middle school.
Jack Aiello, who graduated last week from Thomas Middle School in Arlington Heights, impersonated current and former presidential candidates in a speech to the school's graduating class.
Video of the speech has racked up more than 100,000 views in just more than a week.
Aiello's impressions of Hillary Clinton, Ted Cruz, Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders and President Barack Obama garnered laughs from the parents and students in attendance.
The speech was written as part of an assignment given to the roughly 350-student graduating class. Aiello's speech was one of three given at the ceremony.