Wheaton College Is Abandoning Its Conservative Alumni

The school’s bizarre de-congratulation of alumnus Russ Vought on his Trump administration appointment demonstrates how partial its ‘impartiality’ really is.

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View of the Wheaton College campus in Wheaton, Ill., October 11, 2017. Inset: Russ Vought in Washington, D.C., December 12, 2024.

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Last week, Wheaton College extended a short-lived congratulations to Russ Vought for his confirmation as the director of the Office of Management and Budget. Its 28-word message included a call to prayer and a photo of Russ’s beaming face.

As a Wheaton alumnus, I liked the post and moved on — as most normal people do.

ML

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Mason Laney

Mason Laney is a 2L at Harvard Law School and an alumnus of Wheaton College (’23).

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