The words “Harvard” and “Republican” don’t typically go hand in hand. Only 12 percent of the senior class last year identified as “conservative” or “very conservative,” while 65 percent identified as “progressive” or “very progressive,” according to The Harvard Crimson.
This year, however, the Harvard Republican Club is booming. Roughly 150 freshmen have signed up this semester, and 850 students are on the e-mail list, the club’s president, Michael Oved, tells me. Club events regularly attract more than 100 students, Oved says, with some bringing in twice that. Recent guest speakers include former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy; the C.E.O. of the Babylon Bee, Seth Dillon; businessman Peter Thiel; the founder of Moms for Liberty, Tiffany Justice; and former presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
