New England Patriots team owner Robert Kraft urged Americans to speak out against the hate that has occurred on college campuses across the country in recent weeks.
Kraft is preparing to run full-page ads in newspapers across the country later this week and appeared on Fox News Channel’s “Hannity” on Wednesday night.
“I think our universities have been one of our competitive advantages as a country, and I think what’s happening right now across America is scaring a lot of people,” Craft said.
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New England Revolution owner and investor Robert with a family in Gaza seeking the release of a loved one before the New England Revolution vs. FC Cincinnati game at Gillette Stadium on March 17, 2024 in Foxborough, Massachusetts.・Mr. Craft. (Fred Foley III/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
“They want to know that we’re going to win this fight. And I just ask, ‘Are you good listeners who are thinking about this country and speaking up right now?’ was once a place for critical discussion and sharing different perspectives. We did not teach hate or intimidation.”
Mr. Kraft, who attended Columbia University, will place an ad in the newspaper on behalf of a foundation that fights anti-Semitism. His foundation released a Super Bowl ad this year to raise awareness about anti-Semitism and other causes.
The Northwestern professor whose school capitulated to anti-Israel agitators is the son of a notorious terrorist extremist.’
Anti-Israel demonstrators rally in front of Columbia University on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in New York City. Columbia University announced its campus would remain closed “as conditions permit” after students occupied Hamilton Hall. (Rashid Umar Abbasi, Fox News Digital)
“The reason I removed these ads is to remind good people, and they come to our foundation, that they really care and that they have to speak up instead of being silent. “I talked to (Clarence B. Jones) about that, because I want people to know the way Martin Luther King, Jr. talked about it,” he explained.
“I am the greatest beneficiary of what America has to offer. I won a full scholarship to Columbia University. I dreamed big. I went through some difficult times, but Columbia is a world And the other thing I’m privileged to do is own an NFL franchise in my hometown. I didn’t have a car in this country until I was 25 years old. We want to keep these values alive for everyone who comes.”
Mr. Kraft called for “empathy” rather than hatred.
New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft before a game against the Miami Dolphins at Hard Rock Stadium on September 11, 2022 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Megan Briggs/Getty Images)
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The Patriots’ owner withdrew support from his alma mater last month amid escalating anti-Israel violence at Columbia University.
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