John Oliver on New College’s Maga takeover: ‘More about political posturing than students’ lives’
Key takeaways
- Prefer the Guardian on Google John Oliver dedicated Sunday’s episode of Last Week Tonight to examining how Florida’s New College has been taken over by the conservative state governor, Ron DeSantis, and his allies.
- New College used to promote itself with videos that emphasized its inclusive community and unique academic program – a rarity for a US state college.
- “Back when Ron DeSantis thought he still had a shot at being president, he made a lot of noise about how he was going to ‘de-wokeify’ New College, despite admitting he didn’t know much about it” said Oliver.
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John Oliver: ‘Spoiler: it’s not going great.’ Photograph: HBOView image in fullscreen John Oliver: ‘Spoiler: it’s not going great.’ Photograph: HBOJohn Oliver recap Television & radio John Oliver on New College’s Maga takeover: ‘More about political posturing than students’ lives’The late-night host detailed how the Florida liberal arts college became a testing ground for a rightwing agenda
Prefer the Guardian on Google John Oliver dedicated Sunday’s episode of Last Week Tonight to examining how Florida’s New College has been taken over by the conservative state governor, Ron DeSantis, and his allies.
New College used to promote itself with videos that emphasized its inclusive community and unique academic program – a rarity for a US state college.