The former president of New York University's College Republicans chapter is speaking out after she was axed for calling Barron Trump an "oddity' on campus.
Kaya Walker, an undergraduate at the famously liberal college, was pressured to resign after appearing to insult the president's son in an interview with Vanity Fair.
"He's sort of like an oddity on campus. He goes to class, he goes home," Walker said.
Despite his college's lefty reputation, Barron Trump hasn't had any notable issues since beginning studies at NYU's Stern School of Business in the fall.
Given his status as the son of the president, the freshman lives in something of a bubble, with Secret Service agents watching his every move. His barebones social life exists mostly online, where he has been known to chat with classmates over videogames.
Despite never speaking with the media directly - or perhaps because he is so private - Barron has been the subject of intense and ongoing public speculation about his personal life.
Walker's comments were seen by some as disparaging toward the president's elusive son, who has tried to stay above the political fray. Will Donahue, the president of the national College Republicans organization, said her remarks carelessly contributed to a "misleading and negative" portrayal of Barron.
"The conversation that we have with Kaya is, look, this is blowing up out of proportion, to protect your reputation and the organization, the prudent move would be for you to step down," Donahue said.
Meanwhile, Walker said she regrets quitting, and she defended her comments as being taken out of context.
"They took it to say that I was saying that Barron was strange for being a commuter — which I thought was crazy because I'm a commuter," she told the New York Post.
"They [made it] look like I was calling the president's son weird, but I feel like anybody who can read would know that's not what I was doing."
Walker said she campaigned for President Trump's re-election, as she expressed regret for the impact her remarks made.
"I've been killing myself trying to support the conservative movement, everybody knows that it's an uphill battle being a Republican at NYU," she said.
"I've put my everything into building up my chapter. I built [attendance] up exponentially. It's been insane, especially this past year, we've seen such a rise in membership and had such a great time."
