Five Jewish Democratic senators demanded answers from the president Donald Trump On the calculus behind its medical school and other university institutions under what is called the anti-Semitism pretext on Harvard University, its medical school and campus.
Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer Senators Adam Schiff of New York and California, Jackie Rosen of Nevada, Brian Schatz of Hawaii and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, criticised the president, but they said they agreed to the tragedy of anti-Semitism over the years.
“Dear President Trump, we are writing about attacks on universities, including threats and actions that your administration withholds funds or punishes certain higher education institutions.
“We also write as a Jewish senator who has opposed the rising anti-Semitism in the United States, including on university campuses, and called on university leaders to do more to tackle anti-Semitism with accountability and action following the horrific attacks by Hamas by Israeli Hamas.
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From left: Senator Adam Schiff, D-Calif. Senator Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii. Senator Chuck Schumer, DN.Y. (Getty Images)
The Quintet called Trump’s decision to freeze funds for Harvard and focus on other schools where anti-Semitic actions and protests have been plentiful last year with “wide and legal attacks.”
Lawmakers said Trump’s actions “are way beyond fighting anti-Semitism,” and that it would reach the scope of “using real crisis as an excuse to attack people and institutions that don’t agree with you.”
Speaking specifically at Harvard, the senator said he threatened to cancel Ivy League College’s tax-free status and threatened to cancel sleazy faculty as “waking up, radical left idiot.”
“Instead, they seem to aim broadly in the way universities function, strictly enforce large penalties in a way that is not entirely related to the fight against anti-Semitism, and we instead aim to undermine or destroy these important institutions.
They provided a branch of olives to work with the Republicans in the fight against anti-Semitism, but their beliefs repeated that Trump’s overture was “simply a means for an end” to destroy the opposition of his ideological.
They called on the President to respond by next Wednesday to details on why certain universities are subject to the federal funding freeze and the calculus to do so.
“In Harvard’s case, specifically, the specific accusations made against Harvard regarding anti-Semitism should explain certain details, including naming certain cases, and explain in detail your accusations, including why you believe that the steps Harvard has already taken to strengthen its response to anti-Semitism are insufficient,” they write.
They also said Trump has praised cancer research that targeted Harvard Medical School and questioned that particular decision.
“What is your legal justice… when almost every legal scholar decides there is no basis for you to do this?” they concluded.
Apart from that, Schiff said middle of discussion Last year, he also suffered several anti-Semitistic attacks, particularly online.
Durbin says older lawmakers should consider leaving politics before they can take place.
“I take this issue very personally,” he said. “I think it’s scary what’s going on on campus.”
In February, Rosen joined Sen. Tim Scott to introduce anti-Semitic Enlightenment Acts.
“Anti-Semitism is on the rise nationwide, especially on university campuses, and Congress is responsible for doing everything with the power to fight back against this hatred,” Rosen said in a statement.
Schatz is considered the successor to the Senate minority whip. Tweeted in 2023 He is opposed to anti-Semitism and Islamophobia.
“Criticism of Israel is not anti-Semitism. It’s not Islamophobia that wants to invalidate Hamas. It’s not that I want to protect civilians. I might remove this if the comments are confused,” he wrote.
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Early this year, Schumer has released it A book called “American Anti-Semitism: Warnings” about his own life experiences.
A tweet about the letter, Blumenthal was called anti-Semitism “The real horrifying threat on campus – we have to fight – but it should not be exploited as an excuse to target universities and target the opposition of silence.”
Fox News Digital contacted the White House to respond to a joint letter.
