DeSantis Leverages Elite Credentials While Waging Culture War Against ‘Woke’ Academia

DeSantis attended Yale and Harvard Law but criticizes liberal bias at elite universities.
As Florida governor, he has enacted policies limiting academic freedom and giving parents more oversight of school curriculums.
DeSantis aligns with conservative institutions and thinkers in an ideological battle against perceived leftist indoctrination in education.
His education policies have generated controversy but galvanized conservative support.
DeSantis is reframing his Ivy League background to position himself as fighting the establishment in the name of traditional American values.