Posted on 10/16/2023 6:32:07 PM PDT by cotton1706
A professor at Louisiana State University has resigned after he claimed the newly-elected Republican governor of the state already asked the university to fire him.
Robert Mann, who is the chair of Journalism at the Manship School of Mass Communication at the university, has spent his career serving in press roles for regional Democrat politicians.
He took to his X account on Sunday to announce that he had told the dean he would step down from his position at the end of the school year.
“The person who will be governor in January has already asked LSU to fire me. And I have no confidence the leadership of this university would protect the Manship School against a governor’s efforts to punish me and other faculty members,” he said.
“I’ve seen too much cowardice and appeasement from top LSU officials already. That being the case, it’s clearly best to remove myself from the equation to avoid any harm to the school I love.”
Mr Mann is referring to Jeff Landry, 52, who was elected on Saturday as Louisiana’s new governor.
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The outlet spoke with Mr Mann on Sunday who allegedly described himself as “the biggest irritant on my campus” to conservative officials like Mr Landry.
“I’m proud of that; I’ve tried to be that,” he told The Daily Beast. “I’ve done it because I have tenure because I’m protected under the First Amendment. But this is not going to be a governor who I think has any respect for that. That’s what’s changed.”
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"The person who will be governor in January..."Maybe there will be scores or hundreds following him out.
If it’s true, turnabout is fair play. Not that I believe it for a nanosecond.
Oh Boo-hoo!
Well, bye.
Plus, in academia, being fired by a Republican governor would automatically make you a superstar.
I sense something fishy.
Bye.
Bye D-bag
Wow, the virtuous events start right away!
Takes your breath away: just one election and it’s like garlic bulbs to the vampires!
immediate results when you get a true tea party guy in.
Agree. There is more to this then what is in this piece.
Just like DeSantis is cleaning up the Florida Universities.
Win-win!
If he really does it. Which I doubt.
Unintended positive results, gotta love it. 🤣
Those who can’t do, teach.
Mann is a flunky.
I can think of 100 FBI agents General Flynn will force out before he takes over.
I notice no pics of the communist prima donna
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