White House Senior Adviser Jared Kushner, Harvard Class of 2003, was torn apart by a small contingent of his classmates in their 15th anniversary alumni notes when they substituted out life updates and career achievements for sharp criticism of Kushner and his role in the Trump administration.
According to a Tuesday Boston Globe report, the “Red Book” of self-submitted alumni updates is a centuries-long Harvard tradition, though it usually lends its pages to birth announcements and life milestones rather than anger at a former student.
The organizers reportedly set up a Facebook page titled “Shame on You, Jared Kushner’’ to rally alums to use their posts as protest.
Per the Boston Globe, many entries called shame upon Kushner, the administration, and Harvard itself for giving Kushner stepping stones to power and not disavowing his political career.
Some posts took a more creative tack: “I, for one, am actually glad that our Class of ’03 finally has a real, live fascist among us,” Jon Sherman reportedly wrote. “Who says Harvard isn’t diverse?”
Kushner is reportedly not attending his 15th reunion festivities which begin this week; Hillary Clinton will be an honored guest at some of the events.
Judging by his actions and the look on his face, he wasn’t all that popular in school anyway.
I suggest that everyone get over caring what schools and graduates from schools like Harvard think? Whatever else they are, they produced the current majority on the U.S. Supreme Court and many of the top people enabling Trump. Some guys produced a Facebook page? Big whoop. What are they doing to get his supporters out of power?
So it looks like he’s going to be a no-show for the 20 year reunion, along with the 25, 30, 35, which should coincide with his sentence.
Not that it would matter to a man who comes from a low grade Jersey version of a mob family, but even the principal of his school said he had no business going to Harvard and took a place that should have gone to a smart kid. His daddy bought his place, his father in law gave him power and the rest of us are stuck with a man with no brains but with endless self regard.
These kids may need to re-think.
Once they go down this path — of criticizing “unworthy” fellow alumni — there’s no telling where it will end.