The Real Takeover of Columbia Was By Those on the Right
The Real Takeover of Columbia Was By Those on the Right
Columbia offers a case-study in how right-wing politicians are using exaggerated claims of anti-semitism to advance a conservative agenda.
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Meanwhile, Representative Elise Stefanik—the star browbeater of the hearings on campus antisemitism called by the House Education and Workforce Committee—has been gunning forthe resignation of Columbia President Nemat (Minouche) Shafik (a matter that is not the purview of politicians, but of faculty, administrators, and trustees).
It's funny how even after kowtowing to right wing demands, she faces demands to resign not only from the left that she sicced the police on, but also the right that she has been groveling towards.
Not that it would be surprising coming from any Republican, but it's ESPECIALLY not surprising coming from Stefanik of all people.
5 years ago, nobody outside of her district had ever heard of her and now she's the chair of the House Republican Conference.
Her sudden ascendancy was caused by the following:
- being one of if not THE most obnoxiously vehement denier of reality at Trump's first impeachment hearings
- backing Trump's coup attempts
- claiming that Pelosi was responsible for Jan 6
- Her predecessor Liz Cheney being kicked out for not being a Trump sycophant.
So yeah, this nonsense is 100% consistent with the kind of counterfactual demagoguery that's made her career.