HH: Yeah, that is, that is an unfortunate, that was just unfair, and that is going to end next year. Governor, I want to begin with a very straightforward question. I’m a graduate of Harvard College. You’re a graduate of Harvard Law School. I want the president of Harvard, President Gay, to resign based upon her testimony. Do you have a position on whether or not she ought to go?
RD: 100%, and I think what this has revealed is the rot and the sickness that’s been festering inside higher education for a long time. And you understand that, Hugh. A lot of your listeners do. But I think now the broader public is seeing this, and I think that they’re appalled by what was going on. And I would put in a plug for Florida and say how we’ve done it differently. If you look at how, say, Ben Sasse, who’s the president of the University of Florida has handled the post-October 7th matters, much different, moral clarity, things that you can be proud of. And we need universities that are going to serve a function of pursuing truth and preparing students to be citizens of the republic. They should not be these hotbeds of anti-Americanism and anti-Semitism. But that’s what they’ve become, and I think back to my time. And I joke when I’m out on the campaign trail speaking with Republican primary voters. I say listen, I’m one of the few people that have gone through both Harvard and Yale and came out more conservative than when I went in. That’s not easy to do. And everyone acknowledged, they all kind of get it. But back in my day, you would not have had, I think, this level of vitriol like you have now. It has gotten much worse.
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