The House on Wednesday approved a resolution condemning antisemitism on college campuses and calling for the resignation of the presidents of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The measure was drafted by Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., whose grilling of the leaders of Harvard, MIT and the University of Pennsylvania set off a storm of criticism and led to the resignation of Penn’s President, Liz Magill. The resolution was also sponsored by Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R.-La., and two Jewish Democrats, Reps. Jared Moskowitz of Florida and Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey.
Stefanik said a video clip of her exchange with the college presidents during the Dec. 5 hearing went viral because “their testimony was the most morally bankrupt testimony in the history of the United States Congress … We clearly have tremendous work ahead of us to address this rot of antisemitism that is now rooted in our once premier higher education institutions.”
