These writings are just the tip of the iceberg. Rao has also attacked affirmative action ("Over the past decades, Yale has dedicated itself to a relatively firm meritocracy, which drops its standards only for a few minorities, some legacies, and a football player here or there."), called the fight for LGBTQ+ rights a " trendy political movement ," and suggested that climate change isn't real . She's also never challenged or reversed any of the views from her college and recent-graduate years. "She is proud of these statements and her role in articulating them at Yale," Nan Aron, president of the liberal advocacy group Alliance for Justice, told Mother Jones. "Her views are as relevant today as they were when she was in her 20s." In other words, she's Trump's perfect nominee — and one that is poised to wreak even more havoc on women's rights.