If you’ve spent any time on X today or looking over the left-wing reactions to Claudine Gay’s ouster then you already know it’s following a very predictable path. Her supporters are clearly angry and are blaming everything on the dastardly right-wing racists who were behind the effort. In fact, Claudine Gay herself is saying as much in the NY Times this afternoon:
On Tuesday, I made the wrenching but necessary decision to resign as Harvard’s president. For weeks, both I and the institution to which I’ve devoted my professional life have been under attack. My character and intelligence have been impugned. My commitment to fighting antisemitism has been questioned. My inbox has been flooded with invective, including death threats. I’ve been called the N-word more times than I care to count.
My hope is that by stepping down I will deny demagogues the opportunity to…
