Harvard, Penn and MIT presidents under fire over 'despicable' testimony on antisemitism and genocide

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38. This is the correct answer.

I also think that the Republicans are making hay with this opportunity to cast liberals as antisemites (and they're getting lots of assistance from some liberals on this).

Republicans are currently at war with institutions of higher education and this was a beautiful opportunity to score points.

At least one of these three women presidents is Jewish herself. I doubt any of them are in favor of antisemitism, but the free speech requirements on college campuses (which Republicans typically think don't go far enough!) make it very difficult to ban public talks, no matter how vile. Most campuses have a resident "campus preacher," for instance, who daily spews foul statements about gays and women. Tucker Carlson speaks on college campuses and says vile things.

The presidents should not have testified. Next time they should take your advice.