The Ivy League organization is still criticized by Democratic leaders for its treatment of hatred.
If Donald Trump is elected, Harvard University may reduce its approval and hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer funding, according to U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise in a sealed meeting.
Scalise, ( pictured ) a Louisiana Republican, made the remark Oct. 1 during a private meeting with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee about antisemitism in the U. S., The Guardian first reported this week.
” Your approval is on the line”, Scalise said. ” You’re not playing sports any more or else you’re not a college any more”.
To get tax money, including grants and student financial aid, higher education institutions must be accredited by a government-approved organization.
According to the student news, Harvard annually receives about$ 676 million from the federal government.
” We’re looking at federal funds, the federal grants that go through the scientific commission, student loans”, Scalise said, according to the document. You have a lot of authority as chairman, with all of these various organizations that are involving billions of dollars, some of which are just going to one school, according to the leader.
The House Education Committee is presently looking into the Ivy League establishment for how it handled antisemitism and pro-Palestinian demonstrations on school.
According to The Crimson:
Trump himself has said the accreditation system would be his” secret weapon” against universities, pledging in a March campaign video to fire “radical left” accreditors and replace them with agencies that will remove” all Marxist diversity, equity, and inclusion bureaucrats”. …
According to the Guardian, Scalise particularly listed Harvard as losing approval along with Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania, both of which have attracted nationwide interest for their activism on campus.
In the conversation with AIPAC, a powerful pro-Israel lobbying group that has contributed more than$ 40 million dollars to the 2024 election cycle, Scalise did not distinguish between antisemitism and criticism of Israel. Rather, Scalise called demonstrations against Israel “unacceptable in America”.
” If you’re a school that is violating the legal right of your kids, we’re taking away your approval. We have that ability”, he said.
U. S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, a New York Republican, even criticized Harvard in a statement to The Crimson, saying officials should control protesters who break rules and school rules.
Stefanik said that Harvard University has once more refused to condemn and punish the pro-Hamas crowd on campus, inviting a new academic year filled with hatred and anti-Israel hate.
The congressman said,” This is not the time for more words, but for significant behavior and discipline police.”
Stefanik even questioned Harvard leaders ‘ political decisions in December, citing The College Fix‘s report from the moment that the school refused to fly the Ukrainian flag to Israel after the terrorist attack on October 7, 2023.
Israeli individuals also are suing Harvard, alleging it did not take enough action to address racist abuse, The Fix reported.
Further: Harvard ignored personal antisemitism taskforce’s guidance: House investigation
IMAGE: U. S. Rep. Steve Scalise/Instagram
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