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>> Tucker: UNTIL RECENTLY, A
LECTURER AT GEORGETOWN LAW, ONE
OF THE MOST PROMINENT, THEN
CRITICIZE JOE BIDEN DECISION TO
CRITICIZE A SUPREME COURT
JUSTICE ON THE BASIS OF RACE,
BECAUSE RACE IS IRRELEVANT TO
JUDICIAL TEMPERAMENT, KNOWLEDGE,
EXPERIENCE, WISDOM, ET CETERA.
FOR SAYING THAT, GEORGETOWN LAW
PUT SCHAPIRO ON LEAVE,
ANNOUNCING A MONTH-LONG
INVESTIGATION.
CLEARED SCHAPIRO BASED ON A
TECHNICALITY, BUT SAYS THAT HE
IS LEAVING THE SCHOOL ANYWAY.
WE ARE HONORED TO HAVE SHAPIRO,
THE JUDICIAL NOMINATION IN THE
POLITICS OF AMERICA’S HIGHEST
COURT.
AND JOINS US.
THANK YOU FOR COMING.
A LOT OF PEOPLE FOLLOW THIS
OUTSIDE THE LEGAL WORLD AND THE
WORLD OF GEORGETOWN, ARE WE
LEAVING ANYTHING OUT?
WAS YOUR CAR I’M JUST POINTING
OUT THAT RACE IS IRRELEVANT TO
WHETHER A JUDGE IS GOOD OR NOT?
>> I HAD A TWEET TO THAT I DID
NOT FREEZE AS WELL AS I WOULD’VE
LIKED.
I’M SURE THAT ALL OF US ARE
GUILTY OF THAT AT ONE TIME OR
ANOTHER.
MY UNDERLYING POINT IS EXACTLY
AS YOU STATED.
AND I THINK IT WAS A NOT
UNREASONABLE TO READ IT AS BEING
MISOGYNISTIC OR RACIST.
IT’S IRONIC THAT I AM BEING
CRITICIZED THAT I WAS PUT UNDER
INVESTIGATION FOR CRITICIZING
JOE BIDEN FOR APPLYING A RACIAL
AND GENDER-BASED TEST FOR HIS
SUPREME COURT NOMINEES, BUT HERE
WE ARE AND FOUR MONTHS LATER I
WAS CLEARED ON A TECHNICALITY
LAST WEEK, IT TOOK THEM FOUR
MONTHS, THE INVESTIGATORS AT THE
DIVERSITY OFFICE IN OTHERWISE TO
SEE THAT I WAS ON AN EMPLOYEE
WHEN A TWEETED AND THEY CLEARED
ME ON THAT.
BUT INSINUATED THAT I OR ANYBODY
ELSE WHO SAID OR WROTE ANYTHING
THAT WOULD OFFEND ANYONE WOULD
BE CREATING A HOSTILE
EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT.
AND I COULD NOT WORK UNDER THAT
ARRANGEMENT, AND SO I HAD TO
RESIGN YESTERDAY.
>> Tucker: YOU MADE THE
HONORABLE DECISION AND I ADMIRE
THAT, WORKING AT GEORGETOWN LAW
IS A BIG DEAL, WHAT IS SCARY
ABOUT THE STORY IS THIS DID NOT
HAPPEN AT NIKE RIGHT OR THE NFL,
THIS HAPPEN AT GEORGETOWN LAW
WHERE THERE ARE SERIOUS PEOPLE.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO WORK
THERE.
WEREN’T THEY EMBARRASSED TO BE
INVESTIGATING YOU FOR EXPRESSING
AN ENTIRELY MAINSTREAM AND
DEFENSIBLE POSITION ON TWITTER?
>> I AM NOT GOING TO SPEAK FOR
ANYONE ELSE.
BUT I THINK NATIONWIDE, AND
GEORGETOWN SPECIFICALLY THERE
ARE A LOT OF COWARDLY
ADMINISTRATORS WHO REFUSE TO
STAND UPSTAND UP TO THE ACTIVIST
RADICAL WOKE MOB WHO INSISTS
THAT THERE IS NO DEVIATION FROM
A PROGRESSIVE ORTHODOXY.
I MEAN, CONTRARY TO THE
DIVERSITY EQUITY INCLUSION
OFFICES THAT ARE PROLIFERATED
THROUGHOUT THE LAND, THEY ARE
ENCOURAGING -- THEY ARE
DISCOURAGING INTELLECTUAL
DIVERSITY, PREVENTING EQUAL
OPPORTUNITY, AND EXCLUDING ANY
VOICES THAT WOULD DISSENT FROM
THE PREVAILING VIEWS.
SO I HAVE BEEN --
I’VE BEEN REALLY DISAPPOINTED
AND I’M SAD THAT THIS IS ALL
HAPPENING, BUT I DON’T THINK I
WAS NAIVE, BUT IT IS REALLY,
REALLY BAD.
I DON’T THINK ANY FACULTY
MEMBERS, STAFF MEMBERS, STUDENT,
AT SUCH AN INSTITUTION CAN
THRIVE, BECAUSE THERE IS A SORT
OF DAMOCLES, AND THAT’S WHY
LEFT.
I CANNOT STAY AT A PLACE WHERE
IF I AM COMMENTING ON A
SUPREME COURT OPINION OR
TEACHING A CLASS AND SOMEONE
SAYS THERE ARE UNCOMFORTABLE OR
CLAIMS THEY ARE OFFENDED, THEN
ALL OF A SUDDEN I AM BACK IN THE
CHARMED CHAMBER.
>> Tucker: THAT IS THE END OF
A GREAT AMERICAN INSTITUTION
AFTER HUNDREDS OF YEARS, AND IT
IS BIGGER EVEN THEN YOUR
PARTICULAR CASE.
IT SAYS SOMETHING REALLY OMINOUS
I THINK.
AND I APPRECIATE YOU BEING
WILLING TO TALK ABOUT IN THE
PRINCIPAL STAND.
>> TO LET YOU KNOW, TUCKER, MY
NEXT MOVE, I’M NOW GOING TO BE
THE DIRECTOR OF CONSTITUTIONAL
STUDIES AT THE MANHATTAN
INSTITUTE, WHICH IS A WONDERFUL
ORGANIZATION BACK IN NEW YORK.
I WILL STAY IN THE BCR IN
NORTHERN VIRGINIA WHERE I LIVE
AND THEY DO A LOT OF --
THEY MAKE A LOT OF GREAT
COUNTERINTUITIVE POINTS ON
POLICY.
I AM PROUD TO WORK WITH A LOT OF
PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN FRIENDS FOR