Hugh Hewitt Says Harvard Ought To Lose Money As Well As One Other Thing It Values

Radio host Hugh Hewitt said Monday evening on “Hannity” that Harvard University should lose not just its grants but also get stripped of its tax-exempt status.

Harvard University filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Monday evening in a Massachusetts federal court, claiming the administration is attempting to withhold federal funding as “leverage.” While discussing the new lawsuit, Fox’s Sean Hannity asked the radio host for his thoughts and if he believes taxpayers would be better off “supporting universities that stick to the basics.”

“I’m open to Harvard making a case for a unique division of labor into research that no one else is doing,” Hewitt said. “I’m not open, though, to the tax-exempt status for a university that is discriminating on the basis of race or ethnicity or country of origin. I don’t know what Harvard is trying to hide by virtue of the lawsuit that they filed today.”

“It seems to me to be the best defense is a good offense. Instead of sitting down and explaining to the Office of Civil Rights at the Department of Education or the Division of Civil Rights at the Department of Justice why what they have been doing is not, in fact, a violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. I think it is,” Hewitt added.

In April, the Department of Education sent a letter to the university requesting the school comply with a list of reforms to address antisemitism on campus, including adjustments like enforcing disciplinary processes, improving international student screenings for “hostile” views and reviewing “programs with egregious records of antisemitism.”

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