A group of activists targeted disgraced former Harvard University president Claudine Gay outside her official residence on Wednesday, hitting her with a “Moving Day” sign and a U-Haul truck just one day after she resigned. Vandalized.
“Today is an emotional day, Claudine Gay!” a digital mobile bulletin board read, before switching to another screen, “Sponsored by tens of thousands of accurate media activists who have called for your resignation.” It was written.
The sign was accompanied by two U-Haul moving trucks, but it was not immediately clear whether she had yet moved from the mansion, which serves as the Harvard president's official residence.
'Anti-Semitic plagiarist' Critics cheer for Harvard University President Claudine Gay's resignation: 'Goodbye, Felicia'
A videoboard monitor truck drives near the Harvard University president's home on Wednesday, January 3, 2024. Harvard University President Claudine Gay has resigned from her leadership position following a plagiarism and anti-Semitism scandal. (Hans Pennink, FOX News Digital)
The group responsible for the billboard, Accuracy in Media, displayed the message outside Gay's home for several days before Tuesday's resignation. The group says its mission is to “expose media bias, corruption, and public policy failures using civic action and investigative reporting.”
Gay announced his resignation in a letter to members of the Harvard University community, stating that he would step down as president but intend to return to Harvard's faculty. widespread plagiarism allegations There was also a strong backlash against her criticism and her handling of anti-Semitism on college campuses.
Wednesday, January 3, 2024, at the Harvard University President's Residence, 33 Elmwood Avenue. A video board monitor is installed. The mansion is believed to have been used by embattled Harvard University president Claudine Gay before she resigned from his leadership position amid plagiarism and anti-Semitism scandals. . (Hans Pennink, FOX News Digital)
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Gay, along with the presidents of MIT and the University of Pennsylvania, faced a round of questioning during a House Education and Labor hearing last month over whether calls for an intifada or genocide on campus violated university norms. did. Actions and policies against bullying and harassment.
All three faced intense backlash. for not making it clear He argued that more context was needed. UPenn's president also later resigned from his position.
Former Harvard University President Claudine Gay, who recently made headlines for refusing to say during a Congressional hearing whether the genocide of Jews was against Harvard's policy, has been accused of plagiarism in recent weeks. I'm making an accusation. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
According to the Ivy League school's newspaper, the Harvard Crimson, Gay's resignation marks the end of the shortest tenure as president in Harvard University's history.
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FOX News' Daniel Wallace contributed to this report.
