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International Business Times
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Politics
M.B. Mack

GOP Lawmaker, and Harvard Alum, Rebukes Harvard as 'Epitome of Academic Rot' Following Defiance of Trump Admin

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on her nomination to be Ambassador to the United Nations on Capitol Hill on January 21, 2025 in Washington, DC.

A Republican Congresswoman and Harvard alum sharply condemned the university as a symbol of "academic rot" after the school pushed back against demands from the Trump administration.

Following the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel, political tensions flared across American campuses, with Harvard drawing particular scrutiny for how it handled pro-Palestinian activism and free speech debates.

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