I mean ok I guess, although I see a man defending his wife from attacks rather than defending her right to plagiarize. From the article it was 2 quotes in a 300 page dissertation, and they’re not contesting it. The scales of the plagiarism are wildly different, his wife isn’t in academia, and afaik he had no idea about it at the time, so none of this has any bearing on president Gay’s rightful dismissal.