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Republican New York Rep. Elise Stefanik touted her fiery grillings of assemblage administrators connected Tuesday erstwhile she appeared earlier Senate lawmakers arsenic portion of her confirmation process to service arsenic the ambassador to the U.N., saying it was a "watershed moment" that exposed "antisemitic rot" successful the U.S. colleges.
"My oversight enactment led to the astir viewed grounds successful history, successful the past of Congress. This proceeding with assemblage presidents was heard astir the satellite and viewed billions of times due to the fact that it exposed the antisemitic rot successful colleges and universities, and was a watershed infinitesimal successful American higher education," Stefanik said Tuesday portion speaking earlier the Senate Committee connected Foreign Relations,
Since 2023, Stefanik has served arsenic a blimpish firebrand who has repeatedly grilled "morally bankrupt" assemblage leaders implicit their handling of antisemitism connected field pursuing Hamas attacking Israel connected Oct. 7, 2023.
During past year's assemblage schoolhouse year, agitators and pupil protesters flooded assemblage campuses nationwide to protestation the warfare successful Israel, which besides included spiking instances of antisemitism and Jewish students publically speaking retired that they bash not consciousness harmless connected immoderate campuses.
Most notably, Stefanik grilled Ivy League assemblage administrators from Penn and Harvard, her alma mater, successful December 2023 regarding whether "calling for the genocide of Jews" violates the respective school’s codes of conduct. The schoolhouse leaders, however, waffled successful their responses.
"It tin be, depending connected the context," Harvard’s then-President Claudine Gay responded erstwhile asked if "calling for the genocide of Jews" violated schoolhouse behaviour rules.
"Antisemitic code erstwhile it crosses into behaviour that amounts to bullying, harassment, intimidation – that is actionable conduct, and we bash instrumentality action," Gay said erstwhile pressed to reply "yes" oregon "no" if calls for the genocide of Jews breaks schoolhouse rules.
Both Gay and Penn’s then-President Liz Magill resigned from their high-profile positions soon aft the hearing, portion footage of the exchanges dispersed similar wildfire connected societal media.
WHAT STEFANIK'S HOUSE TENURE REVEALS ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF UN AMBASSADOR SHE MAY BE
President Donald Trump nominated Stefanik to service arsenic ambassador to the U.N. backmost successful November, celebrating her arsenic an "incredibly strong, tough, and astute America First fighter."
Stefanik said successful her opening remarks connected Tuesday that Trump sees "great promise" for the United Nations if it returns to its roots of promoting bid astir the globe.
"When discussing this information with President Trump, the President shared with maine that helium sees large committedness successful the United Nations if it focuses connected its founding ngo of planetary bid and security. President Trump has agelong advocated for bid and nary caller wars," she said.
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