Rep. Elise Stefanik Says New Book Is ‘Deep Dive’ Into Elite Universities
Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) described her upcoming book: Poison ivy: the inside story of academic and moral rot at America’s elite universitiesas a “deep dive” into each of America’s elite universities.
During an interview on Breitbart News Saturday With Breitbart News Washington bureau host Matthew Boyle, Stefanik spoke about the number of Ivy League universities founded before U.S. independence in 1776. Stefanik said Ivy League universities have “fundamentally lost their way.”
“People will remember the hearing heard around the world with the university presidents of Harvard, Penn and MIT, which truly caused an earthquake in higher education when I asked them a very direct moral question: ‘Does the call for genocide of the Jews violate your university’s code of conduct?’ And, almost verbatim, they all said, “It depends on the context.” »
“At that point, this testimony became the most watched in the history of the United States Congress. And it was a watershed moment in that it exposed not only the moral, but also the academic rot that was happening at these institutions. Many of these elite institutions, quote unquote, were founded even before the founding of our country – take the case of Harvard, founded in 1636, and they were founded on American principles, and they basically lost their way.”
“The book I’ve been working on for three years is an in-depth study of each of these institutions. And it also highlights the important work we’re doing with President Trump through executive and legislative action, to get a handle on higher education and make sure it’s focused on American values.”
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When Boyle pointed out that Democrats “ahead of the midterm elections are trying to scare” Ivy League universities from “making future deals” or cooperating with the Trump administration to make changes, Stefanik said Democrats “have treated these institutions as an arm of their political ecosystem.”
“In my Harvard chapters, I literally talk about the fact that the Harvard Corporation, which is the board of trustees that oversees Harvard, is made up of mostly Obama appointees in his cabinet. Barack Obama actually called the Harvard Corporation to urge them to keep Claudine Gay – this despite her huge plagiarism scandal, which of course came to light after the hearing,” Stefanik added.
“For so long, these institutions have been entitled to American taxpayer dollars, and after this hearing, they failed to come to terms. So what have we done? We have worked properly with President Trump. From day one, a number of executive orders were issued; we secured provisions in the most recent tax bill to curb some of the tax incentives for these universities.”
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