Harvard rejecting $2 billion in federal grant money is apparently right up there with Cory Booker’s inconsequential Senate speech in terms of powerful opposition to Trump, so let’s talk about it.
The university’s president, Alan Garber, on Monday published an open letter announcing that the institution would not be accepting the money under the Trump administration’s terms, laid out in the government’s own letter last week. “The University will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights,” wrote Garber in the missive, which earned him a pat on the head from podcaster Michelle Obama’s husband.
“Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions — rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom,” wrote former President Obama on X.
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