Rick Scott warns colleges to address antisemitism or risk losing all federal funds

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Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) released an open letter to university presidents on Tuesday expressing his “profound concern” with the wave of antisemitism on campuses.

University administrators have come under growing GOP scrutiny for their handling of pro-Palestinian protests that have at times devolved into vandalism and acts of harassment against Jewish students.

“As the leader of your university, you must recognize that if you condone the lawlessness and chaos of pro-Hamas demonstrators on your campus, with full knowledge that it threatens the safety and well-being of Jewish students, you are endorsing it,” Scott said in the letter, first obtained by theMany of the encampments, erected in protest of Israel’s casualty-heavy war in Gaza, were taken down ahead of graduation season, but protest organizers at various universities have suggested they could...

“You can help restore trust in your institution and reaffirm the values that universities and the United States should uphold,” he said.

 

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