My normal tag-line for this sort of thing is "the commanding heights of universities are actually conservative places" but honestly, there is nothing conservative about this.
https://twitter.com/RussellEdwards/status/1493711546194800650
Doesn't seem like too much to ask that the leaders of American higher education institutions support American democracy ajc.com/education/geor…
If you think Purdue participating in a Stop the Steal rally is not disqualifying for a higher ed position, he also made clear in his job as Secretary of Agriculture that he was perfectly willing to punish researchers whose views did not align with his.
https://twitter.com/donmoyn/status/1158359973593845760?s=20&t=pJRXgDC50YdoYLjTbllxlw
Purdue tried to cut the budget of his own research scientists at USDA in half. When that failed, he forced them to relocate. 75% left. Even now the ERS is a shadow of what it once was. And now he is going to lead an entire university system? thecounter.org/usda-research-… 
Zero higher education experience. Anti-science record at USDA. Climate change denier. In what sort of selection system does someone with this background become the only candidate to lead a higher education system, and deemed "exceedingly well qualified"? ajc.com/education/geor…
The answer to the above question, of course, is a model of higher education leadership centered on political cronyism rather than merit. Purdue was picked by the Governor, whose political appointees formalized the selection. ajc.com/politics/kemps…
The University of Georgia system paused their Chancellor search process last April after faculty and students protested Purdue's potential selection. Governor Kemp put more loyalists in Regents positions, and they steamrolled ahead despite these objections.
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