The Left Has Absolutely No Idea Why Trump is Trying to Reform Higher Education
“Lots of emails to me would mention George Floyd, or they would mention the transgender swimmer from Penn”
The left thinks that Trump is just attacking higher education. They have absolutely no idea why this reform is happening or why it is needed.
This Politico article is laughable:
Why the Attack on Universities May Be ‘More Dangerous’ Than McCarthyism
When Scott Bok resigned as the chairman of the University of Pennsylvania’s board of trustees in December 2023, he didn’t know that he was about to become one of the first causalities in a broader political war over higher education in America.
At the time, Penn was embroiled in what was publicly cast as a bitter fight over allegations of antisemitism on campus — stoked, in part, by Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik’s grilling of three university presidents, including Penn’s Liz Magill, at a congressional hearing.
But Bok sensed early on that something deeper than a fighter over antisemitism was brewing on campus.
“Lots of emails to me would mention George Floyd, or they would mention the transgender swimmer from Penn,” said Bok, chairman of the investment firm Greenhill & Co, in an interview with POLITICO Magazine. “That’s when I thought that this is an attack on so-called woke.”
Since Donald Trump’s return to office earlier this year, the administration has ratcheted up the conflict. The president has threatened to withhold federal funding from 60 universities unless they accede to the administration’s various demands, and in March, the administration pulled $175 million in federal funds from Bok’s alma mater due to Penn’s policy about transgender athletes.
Bok said that the Trump administration’s latest actions have confirmed his initial suspicion that many critics of universities like Penn are seizing on accusations of antisemitism to push a broader “anti-woke” agenda on campus.
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american taxpayers are the chumps that the leftists dream of
A more appropriate (and shorter) title would be:
“The Left has absolutely no idea”
Scott Bok, chairman of the investment firm Greenhill & Co, in an interview with POLITICO Magazine. “That’s when I thought that this is an attack on so-called woke.”
So-called woke?
No woke at University of Pennsylvania, none at all, none at all.
Truly, “The Left Has Absolutely No Idea Why Trump is Trying to Reform Higher Education”.
“his initial suspicion that many critics of universities like Penn are seizing on accusations of antisemitism to push a broader “anti-woke” agenda on campus.”
So what’s your point? One inevitably leads to the other.
You might as well complain that historians seized on accusations of semitism to condemn Naziism. or that pacifists seized on Hiroshima to condemn arms races, or that legislatures seized on 250,000 overdose deaths to condemn fentanyl.
Exactly what I voted for!