> Were Harvard and Yale as a whole thought to be part of the deep state?

Academics / Universities / "Elites" having influence over the "deep state" was definitely part of the con that was sold.

Your big bad "culture warriors" is another person's, just trying to be decent.

But yeah, we should rip medicaid away from people, starve food aid recipients, and deport people without due process because libs bad or something. Oh, and they should also destroy the most prolific independent academic research system in the world while they're at it.

poster attacks a strawman that hasn't been mentioned once.