A new clip making the rounds on the internet features Sean Duffy, President Donald Trump's secretary of transportation, proudly explaining why he wouldn't let his daughter go to Harvard University.
In the clip from the family's new taxpayer-funded reality TV show, Duffy directly shot down his daughter, saying, "Me and Mom can say no," and that Harvard was out of the question because it was against Catholic values and academics there have "professionalized figuring out how they can take good young girls and corrupt their minds."
The remark drew an explosive reaction from commenters on social media.
"Secretary Duffy says that his Catholic values forbade him from allowing his daughter to attend Harvard," wrote Letters from Leo's Christopher Hale. "Catholic graduates of Harvard include: John Roberts; Antonin Scalia; John F. Kennedy; Bobby Kennedy; Ross Douthat."
The Latter-day Saints Democrats account wrote, "Good ideas can withstand scrutiny. Good young adults can stand on their own two feet. Keeping your kid out of Harvard because you are afraid they will be 'corrupted' shows you little confidence you have in your ideas and your kid. This is insecurity-based parenting."
"This administration is so good at grifting it’s honestly inspiring," wrote Julian Andreone of Drop Site News.