Vance compares Harvard to North Korea as he takes aim at school’s ‘ideological diversity’

Vice President JD Vance accused Harvard University of having a lack of "ideological diversity," comparing the academic institution to North Korea amid the Trump administration’s continuing battle against the school. 

Vance said Tuesday that he estimated, without evidence, that "probably" 95% of Harvard’s faculty voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election, and said that universities have become these "almost quasi-theocratic, or quasi-totalitarian societies."

"Right. Very brilliant. Kamala Harris, of course," Vance said at the American Compass anniversary gala in Washington. "But if you ask yourself a foreign election, a foreig...