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NYU College Republicans President Resigns After Calling Barron Trump an ‘Oddity’

The CRA chapter head, Kaya Walker, gives up her post after backlash for comments made to Vanity Fair.

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Barron Trump attends the inauguration of President Trump in the Capitol Rotunda on January 20, 2025 at Washington, DC. Kevin Lamarque/Getty Images
PERRY CHIARAMONTE
PERRY CHIARAMONTE

The president of one of the most prominent Republican student organizations on the campus of New York University resigned over the weekend after calling freshman Barron Trump an “oddity” on campus.

Kaya Walker, president of the school chapter for the College Republicans of America, was forced to resign after commenting on President Trump’s son and his lack of social involvement at the Greenwich Village institution in a recent article published by Vanity Fair.

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PERRY CHIARAMONTE
PERRY CHIARAMONTE

Mr. Chiaramonte was an investigative reporter and producer at Fox News, a correspondent for the New York Post, and a news editor for the Messenger.

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