{"id":1976928,"date":"2023-07-19T01:37:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T05:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-desantis-board-sinks-woke-navy-admirals-bid-for-universitys-presidency\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T01:38:20","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T05:38:20","slug":"pro-desantis-board-sinks-woke-navy-admirals-bid-for-universitys-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-desantis-board-sinks-woke-navy-admirals-bid-for-universitys-presidency\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-DeSantis board rejects woke Navy admiral&#8217;s presidency bid."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpro-desantis-board-sinks-woke-navy-admirals-bid-for-universitys-presidency%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1976928&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Florida\u2062 State \u200cBoard Blocks Hiring\u2062 of\u200c Navy \u200dOfficial with Woke Policies as FAU President<\/h2>\n<p>A Florida state board allied with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/desantis-shifts-gears-as-he-begins-new-phase-of-campaign\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Governor\u200b Ron \u200dDeSantis<\/a> has taken action \u2064to prevent Florida Atlantic\u2062 University (FAU) \u2062from\u2064 considering the \u200chiring of a \u200dU.S. Navy official with a \u200chistory \u200cof \u200csupporting\u200c woke \u2062policies\u200b as \u2064its president. The\u2064 board\u2062 has halted\u2064 the search process \u200cand launched an investigation into the matter.<\/p>\n<p\u200b style=\"font-weight:\u200c 400\">Ray \u2063Rodrigues, the chancellor of\u200d the\u200c Florida Board \u200bof Governors, cited\u200b &#8220;anomalies&#8221; as\u2064 the reason for \u200dstopping\u200c the search for \u2062a new\u2064 president of\u200d the \u200dBoca\u2064 Raton-based \u200cschool, as \u200breported by WLRN. Rodrigues \u2064expressed disapproval \u200bof FAU&#8217;s search firm\u200d using \u2063a survey \u200bthat included \u2062personal \u2062questions about candidates&#8217; demographics,\u2062 such as their\u2062 sexual orientation and preferred pronouns. He \u200ddeemed these questions &#8220;wholly\u200d irrelevant,\u2062 inappropriate,\u200d and \u200cpotentially \u2063illegal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: \u2063400\">Rodrigues \u2064also \u200bobjected to the use of a straw poll to \u200dnarrow down \u200dthe\u200b pool of \u2062candidates, \u200darguing \u200cthat the rankings submitted\u2063 by \u2063search committee\u200b members\u2064 to \u200bthe search firm should \u2063have been conducted in a \u2064public meeting,\u200b as required by state\u200b law.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Among\u200d the three \u2062finalists \u2062considered for the position of FAU president\u200d was\u200b Navy Vice Admiral \u200dand\u2064 Superintendent \u200bof the U.S. Naval\u2064 Academy\u200b Sean Buck.\u200d However, Buck&#8217;s support \u200cfor\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-desantis-board-sinks-woke-navy-admirals-bid-for-universitys-presidency\/\" title=\"Pro-DeSantis board rejects woke Navy admiral's presidency bid.\">woke policies raised \u2062concerns<\/a>. According to anti-woke\u2064 champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/journalist-christopher-rufos-new-book-takes-deep-dive-into-the-radicalization-of-american-institutions-outlines-plan-to-fight-back\"\u200d target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christopher\u200c Rufo<\/a>, Buck was\u200c the \u2062lead \u200csignatory on a radical diversity, \u200cequity, and inclusion (DEI) \u2063program at\u200d the\u200b Naval\u2063 Academy, \u2064which included the \u200dimplementation \u2062of \u200cdiversity and inclusion staff, racial quotas, and annual\u200b diversity and inclusion summits.<\/p>\n<p>Rufo,\u200c who has \u2064collaborated\u2063 closely\u200b with \u200cGovernor DeSantis\u2064 to address far-left\u200d hiring \u2063and teaching\u200d practices\u2063 in\u200d Florida&#8217;s university \u200dsystem, also \u2064criticized \u200cBuck&#8217;s record on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michael-sandels-vain-quest-for-the-common-good\/\" title=\"Michael Sandel\u2019s Vain Quest for the Common Good\">protecting individual rights<\/a>. He \u2064highlighted\u200b Buck&#8217;s\u200c policy\u200c of\u200b denying all religious exemption \u200drequests for the COVID vaccine, \u2064even for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-puts-use-of-johnson-johnson-vaccine-on-pause-as-six-of-7-million-develop-blood-clots\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Puts Use Of Johnson &#038; Johnson Vaccine On Pause As Six Of 7 Million Develop Blood Clots\">low-risk individuals<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" \u200cdata-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Buck \u2063also led the \u200cpolicy\u200d of denying all religious exemption requests for\u200d the COVID vaccine.\u2062 18 students\u200c at \u200dthe\u200c Naval\u200b Academy requested \u2063exemptions and \u200dBuck \u200cdenied them all,\u200c despite the fact that, \u200cdue to their age, the midshipmen\u200d had \u2062a\u200d very low\u2063 risk profile.<a \u2063href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/svqPJ4HWR1\">https:\/\/t.co\/svqPJ4HWR1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RX2axRBPu3\">pic.twitter.com\/RX2axRBPu3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christopher \u2063F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f (@realchrisrufo) \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1681314381450326016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p \u200cstyle=\"font-weight: 400\">In\u200c a \u2062letter to\u2064 the\u200b chair \u2064of the FAU\u200b Board \u200cof Trustees, \u2062Rodrigues \u200bhighlighted another \u200bconcern. He mentioned \u200bthat\u200b at\u2063 least one candidate reported being \u2062asked\u200c about\u200b their \u200csexual \u200borientation,\u2062 gender identity, and preferred pronouns. Rodrigues deemed these inquiries &#8220;wholly irrelevant,\u2064 inappropriate, and potentially\u200b illegal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote\u2064 class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The hiring process at\u200d Florida \u200dAtlantic University, a public\u200d institution, has also become\u200b embroiled in\u200b controversy, with \u200dtrustees \u2063asking at least\u2063 one \u2062candidate if he was a \u200d&#8221;transgender male,&#8221; identified \u2063with &#8220;queer&#8221;\u2063 sexuality, or \u2064had non-traditional \u200c&#8221;pronouns.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sqZIUzXNE2\">pic.twitter.com\/sqZIUzXNE2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2064 Christopher F. Rufo \u2694\ufe0f\u2063 (@realchrisrufo) \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realchrisrufo\/status\/1681314385556545540?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight:\u2063 400\">Rodrigues\u2063 has\u2064 announced that the investigation into \u200cthe \u2064hiring process \u2062will \u200bbe supervised by \u200dInspector\u2063 General \u2062Julie\u200d Leftheris. He assured that \u200cthe \u200cinvestigation \u200cwill be \u2063thorough, fair, and not \u2063rushed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Florida state board, aligned with Governor Ron DeSantis, halted Florida Atlantic University&#8217;s president search due to a U.S. Navy official&#8217;s support for woke policies. Ray Rodrigues, chancellor of the Florida Board of Governors, cited &#8220;anomalies&#8221; and initiated an investigation, preventing the official&#8217;s hiring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":1976929,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1976928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1976928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976928\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1976929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1976928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1976928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1976928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}