MUST WATCH: Stefanik Does Not Let Up On Columbia President Over Faculty Member Who Celebrated Oct. 7
At today's House Education Committee hearing, Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) grilled Columbia University President Minouche Shafik about a professor who celebrated the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas.
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Columbia University President Minouche Shafik should resign or be removed from her position.
Fired Not enouh should be in court for Jail time
100%
She is Egyptian born and got their asses kicked by Israel during the 6 day war . Who do you think she has a soft spot for? Im not surprised she hired a radical.
@@millwallholdingsIf she is of M Eastern origin, you have a bigger picture of what is going on.
The rot runs deep. Such vile and discriminatory behavior would not be tolerated in any non-schooling institution.
Such discriminatory behavior would not be tolerated if it was towards AnY Other minority. Jews are always the exception.
@@Sdority905tbh, another group of people who face open discrimination are Christians worldwide.
The President of Columbia University needs to be fired!!! She is allowing the HARRASSMENT of the Jewish Students by the PPP STUDENTS This is unacceptable and unjust.
@@Sdority905 guess no one told ya there have always been Jewish Arabs too
Yes, the rot runs deep
So he’s fired but currently grading papers? So if he has any Jewish Students he gets a chance to destroy their GPA’s ?
thats one for the Gipper!
"He is fired but grading papers". This president can't tell the truth. Incredible that she got to the position.
He was most likely not grading Jewish students fairly to begin with.
@@hansdeleeuw4431 That's exactly how she got to that position.
If I was a Jewish student I would ask for a remark. They said 70% of lecturers are anti Jewish. So it’s highly unlikely the Jewish students got a fair mark
If the professor had said “Men cannot be women “ he would have been chased from this school as fast as you could say. WTF
We have bumped into another reality bubble l swear..it is like the Upside down world right.
I mean she hired an ex PLO to teach about the middle east conflict, is it surprising there's this much antisemitism in columbia?
She should be fired for not condemning Hamas publicly and enforcing security to all students.
She doesnt have to condemn Hamas .. what are you talking about?
@@yagirltones8748 you will never understand
Victim......l
Why should she, when no one condemns the IDF for forcing families from their homes at gunpoint and supporting settler land theft?
What is she got to do with hamas?? Lol
She’s not just running the university, it’s also a business. Which makes her tolerance of racism and harassment in the workplace illegal. Columbia University should be held accountable.
100% correct. Jews are Protected by the Civil rights Act!
Obama attended Columbia, but he has his educational records locked up.
These are the same people who demand Diversity, Inclusiveness and equity from others, but do not practice what they preach. They are allowed to practice discrimination.
The laws don't apply to the peaceful people or to immigrants.
Great point if she were a ceo of a company she'd be out. She also tried to say there are 2800 teachers doing a great job, ok, so that should make it easier to deal with the handful that are haters. Sad sad sad.
Ms. Stefanik is magnificent!! She doesn't let these academic weasels get away with anything.
maybe next VP
@@jimerrigo7142 Yes. I believe Trump when he says NY is in-play and he's going full in to win NY State. I'm guessing he will either choose Elise Stefanik or Lee Zeldin as his VP running mate, both New Yorkers, tough MAGA campaigners, sharp as a tack, and big vote getters (Zeldin just missed an upset defeat of Kathy Hochul in the last NY gubernatorial race). Could you imagine either of them facing Kackling Kamala in a televised debate? If Kackling even tries (and more likely she'll also come up with some lame excuse not to just as Scranton Joe will evade debating Trump head-on), they'd wipe the floor with Kackling.
This one is definitely a weasel
Ms. Stefanik is bought and paid for by aipac,so sad ,maybe next vp for a foreign country called israel
Stefanik is a typical politician: all talk, no action.
Thank you Rep Stefanik for you tireless efforts to erradicate antisemitism from college campuses…..👏
I think it's a Sisyphean job. American universities are riddled with leftist anti-Semites and Bolshevism. The problem is that university students listen to it. It's absolutely toxic territory.
You’re not going to eradicate antisemitism by supporting a genocide and suppressing its opposition with disinformation and repression. It will shame its supporters for a generation. These kind of bigoted bully tactics are well known in history.
When the humanity silence to crimes against themselves; it’s a sick society. we are all humans! we should never tolerate genocide or crimes against ourselves; under no circumstances.
At the expense of free speech. You do realize charges against protestors are ALWAYS dropped because the civil suits would cost both the state and the universities billions in civil lawsuit. The constitution IS the LAW of the land. With this recent bill that was passed not only violates the constitution, but it would seem our elected officials are acting as agents of foreign countries. NO country has the authority to take away our first amendment, END OF STORY.
So her strategy is “I agree with you or I don’t know” and then is lax on any enforcement. What a feckless incompetent!
Agree and learned a new word (feckless)! Thanks
Not incompetent, she's lying and gasloghting😂😂
@@bobbyjpg I think you are far closer to the bullseye! Good call.
I mean she cant say anything she would get fired and she knows that nothing will happen to these nZi Professors
The professor who said that what HAMAS did on Oct 7 was "awesome" should have been put on paid leave, investigated as per university protocol, and then FIRED.
and deported or jailed
NO PAID LEAVE! Immediate dismissal!
UNPAID leave.
Unpaid leave so he can sit on his front steps yelling "Olly Olly Akbar" all day. 😂
@@davisracquet No no no! it's Aloha snackbar
How is that faculty member still on the faculty?
She's a liberal.
they should apply cancel culture, right
yea thats wild bro...the college system is completely losing all creditability and is an absolute cesspool of fkn ideologs, bad leadership, censorship, and greed in terms of the financial burden they put on the people that attend them...college is losing its importance and significance by the day, shit by the hour
The president agrees, until she leave the hearing.
😂😂
He was talked to OMG , such discipline
Honestly, I am outraged much more by her lack of preparation. She had MONTHS! to fire and discipline everyone and come into the hearing, knocking every ball out of the park...wtf is this? She should be fired for not doing her homework, terrible role model for students. I don't even care about her views! This is unacceptable! "Umm... she was spoken to by someone senior", wtf???
Where was the Student Protest for Dafur? Where was the Student Protest for Rohinhyas in Myanmar? Where was the Student Protest for Uyghurs(over 1 Million) in Xinjiang?
Add syria irak lebanon.
No Jews, no news.
Mozambique..Nigeria..Sudan..Niger..Sudan...Somalia
Just in Somalia alone UN states 8.25 MILLION. ie about half the population need immediate humanitarian aid..yet all these students only care about Palestine..if they were consistent and took up the cause of ALL people throughout the world..they would be people of PRINCIPLES...right now their activism is hypocritical and anti semitic
Where was student protest for 300000 Houthis bombarded by Saudis? For the 500 000 Syrians killed by Assad's army ?
Elise Stefanik, my Goodness what a wonderful human you are! God Bless You!
How? She's literally cutting her off every 5 seconds.
Just as Omar did in other words - except she said much more on Stefaniks watch!! Weed out the culprits and hooligans now, name, shame and suspend! Omar should not be there because of her daughter or is it her niece????
The lady has a ball of steel. Respect.
@@3ojosijefio3 shafik cant even answer Yes or No or Yes or No questions. Geezzz...
Wow...that college president has zero backbone
academia is a sick place.
None of them do. DEI has taken over higher education and they’re forced to bow down to it.
Even the devil run away from her 😢
All of the presidents are very dumb and only given the job to promote diversity although there is no diversity when it comes to allowing any conservatives.
@@UnkklRico what happened to the CRT hysteria? You guys switched so fast no one even noticed. 🤣
How about what happens when your instructors BREAK THE LAW!?
Define what law they broke please
Love Stefanik! She's one of best things in NY
You can see the difference between October 7 and now. Last year, 3 university presidents came smirking and responding sarcastically, arrogantly, and defiantly... this president has a puppy attitude; yet, it is still not good enough... consequences must be drawn, period. Very well done, Elise.
Super agree with you. I am from Europe and actually want to vomit watching this stupid, incompetent president of Columbia.
@hansdeleeuw4431 I'm American but I was totally shocked by the huge size of pro Hamas protests in London.
Excellent analysis.
They are at the top of the scholars, they must be amazingly intelligent and wise, and not like this. This is a disgrace!
ENDTIMES, get rapture ready, people, our Lord and Savior JESUS CHRIST is coming soon! Blessings to Israel and the Jewish people everywhere 🤍💙🤍💙🤍💙🤍
Rep Stefanik you are brilliant.. thank you for supporting Israel and the Jewish students
Traitor.
Loyalty to zionist apartheid instead of usa?
Nice bait. @@KryMoore
@@gregoryreynolds3612 Why wasn’t she this upset when they where doing this to white students?
what about all the Muslim students that face hate what about them.nobody bats an eye, they obviously have their favorite
She just fired him at this moment on TV
This is how you do an inquiry/hearing. Follow-up questions are on point! Great job, Congresswoman Stefanik!👏👏👏
Fire him ! People fired for less last few years
Paid over Half a Million a year!
Love love love Stefanik..what a smart lady..
she is impressive
She's a pitbull! LOVE her! 😍
She should be fired
Who the F are you? Lol.
Get a life.
I support you!
If by "she" you mean Ms Stefanik - I would agree with you.
@@GregPotemkin Why is that?
That president is good at speaking words without answering the question. She should be a politician. Jewish benefactors and donators should obstain and withdraw their financial support immediately Columbia university.
Higher learning is over in America .
I agree
You can't educate or learn while you're high.
And people ask what's wrong with the newest group of adults... what do you expect when people like this were their educators
Elise is amazing how she gets straight to the point--not letting them skirt around her questions. (Oh, he's not yet fired--he is grading papers)?
I have yet to meet an academic administrator who was not an abject slime.
CLEARLY THE EDUCATION DEPT. NEEDS TO BE DISSOLVED THIS IS SHAMEFUL ‼️🙄
What if students or faculty were saying exactly the same things about black, trans or Hispanics? I believe we’d be seeing an entirely different outcome.
Exactly double standard
When have hate crime charges been filed against anyone for speech that wasn't tied to physical violence?
Agreed
@@larynOneka8080they are trying to
Anti semitism is equally as bad as racism towards black people and other minorities.
I thought she had no real intention of disciplining those professors.
Stefanik is awesome.
This is America, and the only flag that should be flying is the American citizens' flag, which is the United States of America/ Nations flag, any one is an American citizen, and it should be the only flag flying
Except the Israeli one right?
Only Israel took over America when Kennedy was assassinated. Every president since has been a Zionist plant. There is no United States.
@@ImInYourHead24.7 #HAMASterrorists 💀☠
💯
@@ImInYourHead24.7 we Israel flag does not represent mass tax , beaheding , child abuse vile cultures . But yea also Israel . No other flags !
This is where you have been sending your kids wake up
This is how the school they want us to pay for loans forgiveness. I do not know why we need to pay people 200k loan forgiveness . We can make people dumb for free .
She needs to RESIGN so someone that is worthy can take her place!!
someone with merit
Stepfanik is a tough cookie....love her
I am proud to say that i am 100% in favour of Israel. I am not Jewish but sometimes I wish I was.
Love back!
@@iddomargalit-friedman3897 Love back to you
Welcome!! Judaism isnt a race its a way of life anyone can become jewish if he learns and takes on himself the burdens of the jewish way of life. Not easy but if you want welcome!!!!
Love right back at you! You are welcome to visit Israel anytime. It is a beautiful country and even through all of the complexities, it feels safer than anywhere else in the world. It is very difficult to explain. I hope one day you will get the chance to visit. Thanks for your support.
@@Sdority905 Visiting Israel is definitely on my bucket list. It will happen.
Thank God for Elise!!
Another incompetent person in charge of ivory tower. It's sad.
Columbia's president learned nothing from the previous hearings.
Yeah they did. They learned nothing will be done to them and then its back to business as usual!
She acutely answers better . She did well.
They learned that democracy is dead with the Republicans and AIPAC.
@@Bluemoon98-2- she deflects well.
@@cillamurfin258 yes . But she did a better job than the other in similar hearings . She did give some answers . And admit they are wrong .
Absolutely! She is not capable, she is failing. Shame on her!
Stefanik is a no nonsense person. We need more people like her around.
When the humanity silence to crimes against themselves; it’s a sick society. we are all humans! we should never tolerate genocide or crimes against ourselves; under no circumstances.
Her answers had to be pried off her. Obviously, she agrees with the protesters. She’s more concerned about feeling like a traitor to her comrades than these hearings.
Just like the UPenn and Harvard presidents, this woman should follow suit!
SHAME on Columbia University.
What happened to concept of equality, ethical behavior, integrity, and wisdom?
Elise, Thanks. Here's hoping el Trumpet gets you on his cabinet someway.
They think FEELINGS are important NO Action, just feelings...
Their coursework is books written based on feelings. No research proving critical race theory, social justice theory or unconscious bias in whites. As if no bias exist in other races towards whites. Yeah - some "intellectual" made this shit up 😂
Why does this hatred continue at universities
Ask George.
Rep. Elise Stefanik is one of the very best rep ever to question anyone anywhere. She lets no rock unremoved. My best recognition and praise for her ! ❤❤🎉🎉
We need this representative in countries all over the world. What a solid woman!
Where is the American flag ?
do you need glasses?
Central High School Little Rock, Arkansas, on Sept. 25, 1957. Imagine how the African Amerian Students felt when they went to attend their classes. Sadly that same HATE is now at Columbia University and other Ivy League Campuses.
How do these people get the positions that they have and then get away of skating through the years with zero accountability for anything? She says this person has been fired and will never work for the University again, but it turns out he is actually still there and won't be gone until after he has finished grading papers. BS
This president can’t tell the truth. It’s a sociopath at large here. She can’t see the deviding line between what is truth or lies. She has to be fired. Best to back to the Middle East where these definite are not questioned.
*definites
"muh diversity!"
She admit been wrong in giving job to this Muslim no choice.Deep down inside she loves them,do you see how uncomfortable she was answering, not certain what to answer, SOMEONE ONCE SAID YOU CAN EASILY RECOGNIZE A THIEVE BECAUSE THEIR HAT IS BURNING SUDENLY
talking about hiring practices, how did this woman ever get to be hired as the president of a university, any university? God help us all!
Ask Obama
Go girl go!! Come on GOP show Americans what a congress person acts like when they're not bought!!!!!!
You are so wrong she is so bought and paid for its wrote all over her face considering she is on the border security an immigration she should get a pay reduction for the lack of doing her job
Huh? Stefanik is another AIPAC political pr0stitute. She’s is supposed to make it seem like elite universities are akin to 1940s Germany, because they don’t agree with 🇮🇱 apartheid regime and illegal settlements in 🇵🇸 .
Lol, what are you talking about? You send see where she gets her money from and she's bought.
Do some research before making such remarks.
She’s literally an AIPAC lobbyist. 🤣
Boot her out! This is disgusting!
Dem members of the government are known for saying the same type of things. Yes thalib and omar we are looking at you . Remember death to america is a chant you won't condemn.
Minouche Shafik? Why am I, nor anyone else, not surprised?
I'm not surprised,was the first thing i thought.
Bottom line. Don't go or support Columbia.
Sad that you're all afraid of these kids and other idiots. He was talked to! Really? I don't care what side of the aisle one lays their hat, dismis people who act this way.
Courageous questioning by Elise as usual.
Is it courageous to call the occupied terrorists while acting like the occupiers aren't? International law makes it perfectly legal to attack your occupiers any way you want. So where is the terrorism? Hint: the IDF started as literal terrorist groups, classified as such under the UN.
LMAO no
He should be fired
Who is he?
Out of a canon
Higher education is becoming a JOKE
Common sense is not too common among the "elite" schools
No wonder kids are so screwed up with so many demented twisted teachers.
Lets say Columbia hired a professor who said to his class the following: "You know, all that civil rights propaganda was way overblown! There weren't nearly as many lynchings as they say, and some of those were justified." How long does that professor have a job anywhere?
We need Vice President who is honest. Let's vote for Elize Stefanik
President of Niversoty, Head of Dept, Dean, et al. JEEEEZ. How much money is spent on this waste of bureaucracy!?
As a class of 87 Columbia Alum, when I see this, it makes me sad. This along with other stupidity at this school over the years has put me in a position to stop supporting the school.
Great work Rep. Elise Stefanik!
Only the Republic women have balls these days ..😊
Literally. 🥜 🤣😂🤣
Damn Strait WE DO! Or AT least a BUNCH of Us DO!!!😁🇺🇸😇
There's a easy fix for universities that go mad.... You make a campaign to show a degree from a certain university is worthless... Then tell bosses of companies not to hire someone with a degree from that university........ You would see a massive change in attitude once university professor's have their hundreds of thousands of dollars salaries are put at risk of drying up. ❤
She said he is grading papers? At Columbia? If so, he is still working there!
Good job Stefanik👍👍
If he does it again, we might put a strongly worded letter in his file!
WHAT A JOKE STATEMENT THAT is!!!
Thanks are due to Representative Stefanik.
Thank you, Rep. Stefanik for these new McCarthy hearings. You are a rock star as you demand yes or no answers when they are not appropriate and talk over others. Have you done anything to help the American people lately?
I am so glad Rep Stefanik represents my borough of Staten Island , the only conservative Borough in NYC !
Shocking
If only they protected the constitution with such vigor..
Elise you are an absolute legend!! Imlove watching you in action.
If all Americans or Europeans saw what Hamas did on October 7th, they would join the IDF.
Most people can see the truth for what it is. The problem is that the reasonable people done get the attention. Only the unhinged are being highlighted.
They are already here.
Happy Passover, everyone. May God protect Israel from all harm. May God bless Israel with victory.🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱
Yes, Rep. Stefanik hit the nail on the head when she stated that antisemitic behavior is TOLERATED at Columbia. The completely evasive and clueless responses by Shafik confirmed that tolerance.
Ok. So now, people are not allowed to say what they see differently? What happened with your freedom of speech?
'He has been spoken to. What? By you? Scary. Like being mauled by a dead sheep.
AOC didnt age well😂🤣
😂
Your iq is not either
She makes AOC seem like the intellectual equipment of William F Buckley or Christopher Hitchens.
@@LilyWhite-vo1bh oh wow
Rep Stefanik You are great. You have leadership. You have Courage, As someone who knows so many families who lost their children and relatives on the 7th October I would like to thank you from the bottom of my heart. 🇺🇸🙏🇮🇱
Don’t you people have any sense of dignity?
Are you serious? Most of the civilian deaths on Oct 7 were caused by the IDF blowing up cars leaving the music festival from Apache helicopters and shooting into homes with tank artillery. The Israeli publication Haaretz debunked the netanyahu lies. Oh and knock off the flag emoji... obviously you don't know what it means...read Amos 5:26 and Acts 7:43. Is that what you support?
@@kennybachman35If you can be fired for speaking out against LGBT, speaking out against jews should also be a firing offense. It's only fair.
@@kennybachman35 Never
@@MakerInMotion that’s why no one should ever work for them. 🤷🏼♂️
Thanks for clearing the air.
The status of Columbia University should be lowered to Junior College status...if the alumni had the balls to stop all donations. Thus trashing the University's endowment funds.
NUTS.
Management by ambiguity
She is more concerned about saving her own neck than answering honestly