GOP Calls to Defund Harvard Over Alleged Antisemitism Encouragement

Republican lawmakers are seeking to 🎓Defund harvard University amid alleged antisemitic sentiments being perpetuated on campus.

According to the New York Post, multiple GOP lawmakers are seeking to defund the college amid an investigation of Harvard president Claudine Gay.

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) stated, “We must defund the rot in America’s higher education.”

“It is unacceptable and un-American that any taxpayer dollars are going to universities propping up their promulgation of antisemitism by supporting professors, students and staff many who have openly called for the genocide of Jews,” she added.

She then continued, “We will use every tool at our disposal to ensure that schools that protect and encourage antisemitism are cut off from any and all federal funds.”

This has become a growing sentiment since the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel. Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) introduced legislation to defund schools that allow antisemitism on campus. 

He stated, “Any university or college that peddles blatant antisemitism, especially after Hamas’ brutal attack on Israeli civilians, women and children, has no place moulding the minds of future generations, never mind receiving millions of taxpayer funds to do so.”

“No college or university should receive a single cent from the federal government to fund violent antisemitism,” he added.

Just last week, a Republican-led House of Representatives committee opened an investigation of Harvard University