Harvard professor: Elise Stefanik only 'cares about winning political points' and 'should be ashamed'

Following Harvard University President Claudine Gay's Tuesday, January 2 resignation, United States Representative Elise Stefanik (R-NY) issued a statement taking credit for the academic leader's decision to exit after less than a month after the DC hearing on anti-semitism on college campuses.

"It was Stefanik's line of questioning" during the hearing "before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce that attracted the most attention from the roughly five hours of testimony," CNN reported.

CNN's Boris Sanchez spoke with Harvard government professor Ryan Enos Tuesday about his thoughts on Gay's resignation, as well Stefanik's celebratory response.

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"We are just getting a statement now from New York Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, who was at the hearing on Capitol Hill about anti-semitism on campus, and pressed those three presidents, including Claudine Gay," Sanchez said. "She says, 'I will always deliver results.' She calls Gay's resignation 'long overdue.' She says that she was 'devoid of the moral leadership and academic integrity required of the president of Harvard.' What's your reaction to today's resignation and the comments from the congresswoman?"

Enos replied, "Look, I think Elise Stefanik should be ashamed of herself, because I don't think she cares about any of the things she talked about. I don't think she cares about anti-semitism. I don't think she cares about academic freedom. I don't think she cares about any of the things she pressed on. She cares about winning political points. I think that political attacks on a universities are all things we should be frightened by, regardless of our politics, whether on the left or on the right. I'm sad for the American universities, and I am sad for Claudine Gay, because I think she was a capable leader that was facing an extremely difficult situation, and people like Elise Stefanik were not helping it at all."

In a December 18 report for Politico, congressional reporter Daniella Diaz wrote, "After she went viral with her questioning of university presidents about hate speech on their campuses, the No. 4 House Republican declared to POLITICO that 'a reckoning' is due for those who don't stand up to antisemitism. Stefanik did not return repeated requests for comment, however, about Trump's weekend rhetoric — which echoed Adolf Hitler's use of the term 'blood poisoning' in his manifesto 'Mein Kampf,' where he criticized the mixing of races."

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