Elise Stefanik recounts preparation for viral antisemitism hearing

12 articles · Updated · Fox News · Apr 30

On the Ruthless Podcast, the New York Republican said her most famous question in the 2023 House hearing was unplanned and aimed to expose academia's disconnect from Americans.
The hearing featured the presidents of Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania and MIT, and centred on whether calls for genocide against Jews breached campus conduct codes.
The exchanges helped trigger the resignations of Harvard's Claudine Gay and Penn's Elizabeth Magill, and Stefanik linked the episode to themes in her new book on elite universities.

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