'She Will Be A Failure': Hakeem Jeffries Rips 'Deeply Unqualified' HBCU Nominee And DeSantis Ally

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During a press briefing on Monday, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) spoke about the selection of Marva Johnson to be president of Florida A&M University.

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00:00Thanks.

00:01Thank you, Mr. Weir.

00:02I'm trying to point at the University, you made more of a Johnson to be their next president

00:07to come back last on her political ties to Trump and her lack of academic experience.

00:13Critics view this as part of Project 2025's trend of trying to take over boards and undermine

00:20HBCUs.

00:21You've mentioned that Republicans lied about Project 2025.

00:25How do you view the takeover of HBCUs as part of that campaign to undermine HBCUs?

00:31As someone who's supportive of HBCUs, what's your message to students out there who are

00:36concerned about the leadership that are being installed in this situation?

00:39Well, this particular individual appears deeply unqualified and unprepared to carry out the

00:46mission of Florida A&M University.

00:49And it's my suspicion that she will not last long at the institution.

00:55She will be a failure.

00:58And we are not going to allow the Trump administration to take over historically black colleges and

01:06universities across the country to whitewash our history.

01:11And to try to indoctrinate the young people of America with their extreme and failing ideology.

01:20Republicans and far right extremists are failing.

01:25They're failing as it relates to the economy.

01:27They're failing as it relates to races that are taking place all across the country.

01:33They're failing in courts.

01:36And we're not going to let them take their failed track record, one disaster after the next,

01:45and allow them to pretend as if they've got some capacity or expertise to, of all things,

01:53be leading our historically black colleges and universities.

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