During this week’s broadcast of FOX News Channel’s “Sunday Night in America,” Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) spoke on college campuses as anti-Israel protests are underway on college campuses across the country. advocated anti-Semitism legislation.
A New York Republican lawmaker has argued that schools that fail to crack down on anti-Semitism should be punished, including by being stripped of federal funding.
“Congressman, I think you anticipated my next question, and it’s also a question that our viewers have, which is, schools that can’t denounce racists and anti-Semites, or let’s denounce them.” I’m wondering if tax and public money is being used for schools that don’t do that.”What are the activities? ” host Trey Gordy asked.
“What’s important to me is that we need to define what anti-Semitism is and be able to enforce it. If schools are failing to enforce it, we need to strip them of federal funding, including student aid. “Yes,” Lawler replied. “That’s why I introduced the Stop Anti-Semitism on College Campuses Act, which would defund higher education institutions. When you look at what’s going on here, it’s clear that paid agitators and protesters I think there’s a situation where activists are involved in this. The New York Post just reported that a lot of these protests on college campuses are being funded by these outside groups.”
“But we find that getting these institutions to take action often requires the power of funding,” he continued. “And the threat of taking away these federal funds is sure to cause a lot of people to do what they already have to do, and that will put an end to these protests, because… Because they are not rooted in facts, they are not rooted in reality.” They are rooted in anti-Semitism. And these schools tolerate it, knowing full well that if it’s an anti-black protest, an anti-immigration protest, or an anti-gay protest, it should be immediately cracked down. fact. It happens under the guise of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but we know what it is, and at its core it is anti-Semitism. ”
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