Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, spoke out on Tuesday about Harvard University President Claudine Gay's resignation, saying it was long overdue.
Gay is Harvard University's president in the wake of plagiarism allegations and the recent damning testimony she and other Ivy League presidents gave in Congressional hearings on anti-Semitism scandals plaguing their respective campuses. resigned.
Blackburn said in a phone interview with Fox News Digital on Tuesday that Gay's resignation was “appropriate.”
Harvard University President Claudine Gay resigns amid anti-Semitism and plagiarism controversy
Tennessee Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn, pictured, weighs in on the resignation of disgraced Harvard University president Claudine Gay, saying it was too late.
Mr Blackburn said: “It is appropriate that she has resigned from her position.” “She should have done it sooner.”
“I highly commend the way the House committee conducted its hearings and the results they produced,” the Tennessee senator continued.
“Anti-Semitism has no place on our college campuses or in this country,” she added.
Gay is Harvard University's president in the wake of plagiarism allegations and the recent damning testimony she and other Ivy League presidents gave in Congressional hearings on anti-Semitism scandals plaguing their respective campuses. resigned. (Jiang Haiyun/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Fox News Digital has reached out to Harvard University for comment.
Gay announced his resignation in a letter Tuesday afternoon, but plans to return to Harvard's faculty nonetheless. widespread plagiarism allegations against her.
According to the Ivy League school's newspaper, the Harvard Crimson, Gay's resignation marks the end of the shortest tenure as Harvard's president in the school's history.
According to the Ivy League school's newspaper, the Harvard Crimson, Gay's resignation marks the end of the shortest tenure as Harvard's president in the school's history. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)
The Boston Globe reported that Harvard University President Dr. Alan Garber will serve as interim president, according to sources.
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After testifying to Congress, Mr. Gay apologized and the university's board of trustees ultimately decided to stay by her side Despite widespread calls from donors and lawmakers to expel her. The hearing comes in the wake of a rise in anti-Semitism at American universities following the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack in southern Israel.
Gay was also at the center of the scandal in which she was accused. Multiple examples of plagiarism In academic writing.
Fox News Digital's Danielle Wallace and Jennifer Griffin contributed reporting.
