The "elite" institutions and "liberal bias" myth

Has it struck anyone as ironic that republicans have spent an inordinate amount of energy sneering at ivy league colleges and their comparable institutions, yet they sure seem to stack their leadership with graduates of such programs. I've found, when discussing college amongst the common folk, there is a bias against these types of schools. Part of that dislike is rooted in the "liberal bias" accusation, partyle because of the nepotism and privilege often associated with these schools. It's odd then that republican leadership seems to reward attendance at these highly selective, elite, expensive (current price for Harvard, for example, before any grants- is $94k a year) schools and has successfully sold these degreed individuals as somehow smarter and better educated.

Next time your Uncle Skeeter starts railing off about those pansy liberal idiots at Harvard or wherever, maybe point this out.

Also, next time you hear someone on our side lauding these institutions as great nurturers of brilliant minds or whatever... roll your eyes.

Trump appointees and nominees with top tier private diplomas-

Trump (Fordam and UPENN)
Vance (Ohio and Yale)
Hegseth (Princeton)
Carr (Georgetown)
Musk (Queens College and UPENN)
Scharf (Princeton and Harvard)
Chris Wright (MIT and Berkeley)
Stefanik (Harvard)
RFK Jr (UVA and Harvard)
Ratcliffe (Notre Dame)
Bergum (Stanford)
Miller (Duke)


To be fair, there are also plenty of non-elite on his list, but the "elite" institutions outweigh them.

Breaking that mold:
Gaetz (FSU and W&M)
Rubio (U Miami and UF)
Gabbard (HPU)
Noem (SDSU)
Collins (UNG and John Marshall Law School)
Waltz (VMI)
Leavitt (Saint Anselm College)
Wiles (UMD)