Several Republican politicians were quick to react to Harvard University President Claudine Gay's resignation on Tuesday.
Gay, who has been accused of plagiarizing multiple academic works, was criticized during a December 5 congressional hearing for not saying whether his calls for genocide violated the university's code of conduct. Several prominent figures have issued statements following the resignations, including Republican New York Congresswoman Elise Stefanik and presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy. (Related: 'Queering God' and 'How to Be a Bitch': Here are just some of the craziest courses universities will offer in 2023)
“The resignation of Harvard University's anti-Semitic plagiarist president is long overdue. Gay's morally bankrupt answer to my question will go down in history as the most-watched Congressional testimony in U.S. Congress history. “Her response was completely pathetic and lacked the moral leadership and academic integrity expected of a Harvard president,” Stefanik said in a statement to the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Stefanik asked during a hearing before the House Education and Labor Committee. Following Congressional testimony, more than 70 members of Congress wrote a letter calling for the removal of Gay, University of Pennsylvania President Liz McGill, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Sally Kornbluth.
“I was appointed to the advisory committee to select a new president of Harvard University in 2007, after Larry Summers was forced to resign following allegedly 'misogynistic' comments (which were grossly distorted). He was one of the three students,” Ramaswamy said. Posted on X (formerly Twitter). “Back then, the foregone conclusion was that the next president would be a woman, no questions asked, just sit quietly and do as you're told. And when they chose Claudine Gay, , it was a thinly veiled act about race and gender.”
Harvard University President Claudine Gay just resigned… better late than never. Back in 2006, I was appointed to an advisory committee to select a new president of Harvard University in 2007, after Larry Summers' allegedly “misogynistic” comments forced him to resign. ).
— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRAmaswamy) January 2, 2024
“Serial plagiarism was bad enough. But promoting racist and Marxist 'diversity' policies while tolerating anti-Semitism on campus was even worse.”Harvard should be ashamed of itself and should do a better job of choosing the next president,” said Republican Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas. Said Tweet.
Serial plagiarism was bad enough.
But promoting racist and Marxist “diversity” policies while tolerating anti-Semitism on campus was even worse.
Harvard should be ashamed of itself and should do better in choosing its next president.
— Tom Cotton (@TomCottonAR) January 2, 2024
Following the hearing, the House Education and Labor Committee launched an investigation into the school's “learning environment, policies, and disciplinary procedures,” and McGill resigned as UPenn president on Dec. 9.
“What the world saw from a gay president on Dec. 5 was repeated ambiguity, and no one has forgotten that since then,” said Rep. Virginia, R-North Carolina, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee.・Fox stated: Said in a press release on Tuesday. “And this act of academic dishonesty, with allegation after allegation of plagiarism, is appalling. President Gay's resignation is welcome news, but Harvard's problems are much bigger than one leader, and the Monitoring of the association will continue.”
Gay cited “racial hostility” as one of the reasons for his decision to resign, and did not apologize for his actions in his resignation letter.
Harvard University and Gay College did not immediately respond to requests for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.
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