That is his right. He can be most concerned about what is most important to him. However, the counter to that is the women University heads came across as being very stupid. They couldn’t think on their feet and gave canned answers they thought would get them through their ordeal. In fact the canned answer that calling for genocide is against the rules depending on the context is absurd. This drew attention to their other liabilities. In Claudine Gay’s case her lack of academic chops.