On Tuesday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) responded to the Trump administration’s threat to pull $9 billion in federal funding from Harvard over its handling of antisemitism by stating that “authoritarianism is not the answer to antisemitism.”
Co-host John Berman asked, “Senator, Harvard University, of course, is central to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and the constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The president and the White House threatening to withhold some $9 billion in funding because it’s not satisfied with the efforts that Harvard has taken to fight antisemitism. Are you satisfied, yourself, with the efforts that Harvard has taken to fight antisemitism?”
Markey answered, “Look, antisemitism is wrong. Antisemitism must be fought. Antisemitism is something that we cannot tolerate in
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