Former national security adviser Susan Rice’s son is an outspoken Trump supporter and serves as the president of Stanford University’s College Republicans.
Rice served as national security adviser under former President Barack Obama.
John David Rice-Cameron told Fox News this week that he distanced himself from his parents’ political views and is now a conservative who is determined to “Make Stanford Great Again.”
Despite their opposite political beliefs, Rice-Cameron told the outlet that he has a close relationship with his mother.
“My mother and I have a great relationship, and my mother believes strongly in the free and respectful exchange of ideas,” Rice-Cameron told Fox News. “We disagree on most of the standard Republican-Democrat disagreements. However, we agree that America is the greatest nation the world has ever seen, and thus, we believe that America has an important role to play as a force for liberty and justice on the world stage.”
Rice was a controversial member of the Obama administration due to her disputed remarks regarding the 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.
Rice-Cameron said that it was his Democratic parents’ encouragement of debate and discussion that put him on the path towards becoming a conservative.
