University of Kansas officials announced that they have placed a professor on administrative leave after a video of him encouraging people who don't support Vice President Kamala Harris to shoot him went viral.
“Scratch that from the recording. I don't want the deans to hear what I said.”
The video was shared on social media by popular TikTok account Libs and quickly went viral. It went viral.
“Boys are smarter than girls. You have a serious problem,” the teacher said in a video shot inside a classroom full of students.
“That's what frustrates me. There are probably some men in our society who would refuse to vote for a potential female president because they think she's not smart enough to be president,” he continued. Ta.
“We can shoot them all side by side,” he said. “They obviously don't understand how the world works. Did I say that? Scratch that from the recording. I don't want the dean to hear what I said.” ”
One version of the video posted on X received more than 2.2 million views.
Just a few hours later, the university took action, statement About the professor without identifying him.
“The university is aware of a classroom video in which an instructor makes inappropriate references to violence. The instructor has been placed on administrative leave pending further investigation,” the statement said.
The instructor released a statement saying, “We deeply apologize for this situation and deeply regret it.'' “His intention was to emphasize the defense of women's rights and equality, and he recognizes that he did very poorly in that regard. The university has established processes for situations like this. There is, and we will follow that process.”
Republican Sen. Roger Marshall of Kansas was among those who responded on social media.
“Disturbing video from Professor @UnivOfKansas,” he said Posted. “Anyone who says men who don't vote for Kamala Harris should be 'lined up and shot' is crazy and should not be anywhere near students or academia. @UnivOfKansas took immediate action to stop this I believe the professor will be fired.”
Two hours later, in his office, he said: Confirmed The instructor was placed on leave.
“This man should not be within 100 yards of a university. I call for his immediate termination,” Marshall added.
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