A THREAD:

"The President of the University of Virginia was justifying the marginalization of students on Grounds—and doing nothing about it. At that moment, I knew that man should not be sitting behind the desk in Madison Hall."

The Jefferson Council’s president, Joel Gardner, doesn’t… pic.twitter.com/qHtL5RPVJh

— The Jefferson Council (@TheJeffersonC) May 26, 2025

Exit quote: “He warns that DEI has morphed into ‘a quasi-religion’ — ‘a catechism that, if not dutifully followed, results both figuratively and literally in having your knuckles wrapped.’ Fear of speaking freely, he says, is widespread — ‘It’s shocking and it’s heartbreaking at Mr. Jefferson’s university.'”