Via The Today ShowI have yet to watch the presidents of Harvard, MIT, and Penn testify before Congress on the matter of campus antisemitism. and the University of Pennsylvania on Thursday faced threats from donors, demands that their presidents resign and a congressional investigation as repercussions mounted over the universities’ responses to antisemitism on campus. And Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, denounced the university leaders at the National Menorah Lighting in Washington. Here is the Second Gentleman’s speech:Here some tweets that caught my attention:What got the university presidents who testified in Congress into trouble was the double standards. The right to free speech is fundamental, but calling for the genocide of Jews is antisemitic and harassment, full stop.

Source: New York Times December 08, 2023 20:09 UTC