Kaya Walker, who was the president of the College Republicans at NYU, stepped down after making some comments about Barron Trump, the president’s son. In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, she described Barron, who’s 18 and attends NYU, as “sort of like an oddity on campus.”
Walker later said she regrets her decision to resign. “I’ve worked really hard to support conservative ideas at NYU. Being a Republican here can be tough,” she explained. “I put so much effort into building up my club, and we’ve seen a lot more students joining and having fun this past year.”
In the Vanity Fair article, Walker said Barron’s classmates told her he didn’t interact much on campus. “He goes to class, and then he goes home,” she added.
Walker mentioned that her comments were taken out of context. She told the NY Post, “They made it seem like I was saying Barron was strange for commuting to school, which is not what I meant at all. I commute too!”
Barron lives with his family in a different part of New York City and travels to school from their home instead of living on campus.
After the comments, the College Republicans of America criticized Walker, saying her words didn’t match their values and that they were inappropriate. Will Donahue, the CRA president, said chapter leaders should be careful when talking to “left-wing journalists” like Vanity Fair, warning that they often twist what people say.
He confirmed that the CRA advised Walker to resign, but he also said she made the choice herself. The College Republicans group has over 200 chapters across the country, including one at NYU.
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