Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. will not be leading a higher education task force for President Donald Trump after all, multiple sources tell POLITICO.
Falwell had announced in late January that Trump tapped him to lead an effort to roll back higher education regulations. But as of now, there is no such task force and no plan to launch one, the sources said.
Falwell — an early endorser of the New York billionaire who also claimed Trump had asked him to be Education secretary before extending the offer to Betsy DeVos — told The Chronicle of Higher Education earlier this year that the president wanted him to lead a group that would tackle “overreaching regulation” and micromanagement of universities by the department.
“There’s too much intrusion into the operation of universities and colleges. I’ve got a whole list of concerns. It mainly has to do with deregulation,” Falwell later told The Washington Post.
At the time, Falwell said White House chief strategist Steve Bannon had given him the green light to talk about the gig, even though all the details hadn’t been hashed out. He called it “very preliminary.” But no one in the administration ever publicly discussed the idea. Falwell stopped talking about it, including not responding to questions from POLITICO. He did not respond to requests for comment for this story.
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Education Department spokeswoman Liz Hill declined to comment on the task force. A White House spokesperson said the administration has no announcements or updates on a higher education task force at this time.
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Multiple sources tell POLITICO that Jerry Falwell Jr. will not be heading a task force on higher education for Trump https://t.co/eKzbUKM3Jc pic.twitter.com/44oXyVcQpb
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Oh well. I sure hope Jerry wasn’t counting on this gig. This is what happens when you sell your soul to worship an idol.
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