{"id":2125796,"date":"2023-12-15T07:40:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T12:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-republicans-want-to-govern-theyd-better-learn-how-to-go-after-the-left\/"},"modified":"2023-12-15T07:45:57","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T12:45:57","slug":"if-republicans-want-to-govern-theyd-better-learn-how-to-go-after-the-left","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-republicans-want-to-govern-theyd-better-learn-how-to-go-after-the-left\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans must learn to effectively challenge the left if they want to govern"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fif-republicans-want-to-govern-theyd-better-learn-how-to-go-after-the-left%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2125796&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"article-content\">\n<h2>Conservative\u200c Senator Introduces Bill to Hold Universities \u200cAccountable<\/h2>\n<p>Amid\u200d the controversy following \u200brecent congressional testimony on the problem of campus antisemitism by\u200c the presidents of Harvard, MIT, \u200dand the \u2062University of Pennsylvania, Sen. J.D. Vance\u200b of \u2064Ohio has introduced a\u200b bill\u200b that would drastically increase the tax rate on the largest university endowments.<\/p>\n<p>This is something Vance has been talking about for some time now, and while it\u2019s \u2062a good idea on the merits, \u2062it\u2019s also a good example of how conservatives should be\u2063 willing to \u200duse whatever political power \u2062they have to fight back against the left. Simply put, \u200bunless the right starts \u200dtreating the left and its institutions like the hostile entities\u200c they are,\u2064 our republic will not likely survive.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>This\u200d is especially true when it comes to higher education, where the wealthiest and most elite schools have long enjoyed preferential treatment \u2063even as they \u2064poison the body politic by actively promoting not just antisemitism, but racism,\u2062 gender ideology, \u2063and every\u200c other brand of cultural Marxism you can imagine.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The recent spectacle in Congress is a case in point. During their testimonies last week, the presidents of Harvard, MIT, and Penn refused to say the\u2064 blatant antisemitism on\u2063 their campuses since the Oct. 7 attack\u200d on Israeli civilians by Hamas terrorists \u2014 including explicit calls for genocide of the Jews \u2063\u2014 violates their schools\u2019 policies\u200b on harassment.<\/p>\n<p>Their equivocation, insisting that whether\u2062 such antisemitism constitutes harassment depends on the \u201ccontext,\u201d elicited\u200d understandable outrage from donors. After a major Penn\u200d donor pulled a \u2063$100 million gift to\u2063 the school that was made in 2017, Penn President Liz Magill \u2064was forced to resign \u2014 a rare instance of \u200ca leftist elite facing real-world consequences \u2064for defending her appalling ideology in\u2062 public.<\/p>\n<p>Vance, for his part,\u2064 rightly sees these \u2064schools as threats to American values and our way of life that in no way <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/social-media-platforms-have-no-plans-to-lift-bans-on-trumps-accounts-despite-third-white-house-bid\/\" title=\"Social Media Platforms Have No Plans To Lift Bans On Trump\u2019s Accounts Despite Third White House Bid\">deserve special treatment<\/a>. Currently, the tax rate on endowments at \u2063places like Harvard and Penn is just 1.4 percent, making \u2063them\u2062 effectively slush funds for the ultra-rich. His two-page bill \u2062would increase the rate to 35 percent on all endowments worth $10\u200b billion or more.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"9HMPEsjSXlYFR4c7zND6A2fKmVLIBpnoOq1bygWGwU\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The endowments at Penn, Harvard &#038; MIT have a combined $95B+ in assets \u2013 yet\u2064 only pay a 1.4% \u2063tax rate on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-want-to-hit-americans-with-2-9-trillion-more-in-taxes\/\" title=\"Dems Want To Hit Americans With .9 Trillion More In Taxes\">net investment income<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Then they use \u200dthese funds to push\u2064 DEI and \u2064woke insanity.<\/p>\n<p>My bill would \u200dtax the largest endowments at 35% \u2013 it&#8217;s \u200bgoing to the Senate floor \u2063right now. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NtSuUtzluL\">pic.twitter.com\/NtSuUtzluL<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The point here isn\u2019t to raise additional \u2064tax revenue (although the money raised could\u200b be used to pay down the \u2062deficit or help \u200dworking, middle-class families\u200b or just be given back to \u2063the American people as dividends). The point\u2063 is \u2063to acknowledge, through federal tax policy, that in their current form, these universities don\u2019t serve \u200dthe national interest. If \u200bthey can\u2019t be reformed, at least they can be punished.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s \u200bthe right approach, not\u2064 just to higher\u200d education but to every facet of what has become an\u200b all-consuming cultural\u2064 and political war \u200bin this\u200d country. Conservatives can \u2062no longer \u200dafford to shy \u2064away from using\u200d the institutions\u2063 they\u200c control to defend Western civilization and the Christian values that undergird it.<\/p>\n<p>State legislatures that responded to the overturning of <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> by passing strong restrictions on abortion, like \u2063Texas and\u2062 Florida, have the right idea. \u2062Same with states that have imposed restrictions on transgender interventions and surgeries for minors (they need to take\u2063 the next step, though,\u2064 and impose those same restrictions on\u200d adults).<\/p>\n<p>A\u2064 crude but no \u200dless effective version of this posture toward\u2063 the left is what one man \u200ddid on Thursday in Des Moines, Iowa. Michael \u200cCassidy, \u200ca Christian and former military officer, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepubSentinel\/status\/1735406252358852985?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tore down and\u200d beheaded an altar\u200c to Satan in the state capitol<\/a>. \u2062Why was a Satan altar even there? Because the left has managed to insinuate itself\u200c everywhere \u2014 even into the Iowa Legislature, despite a Republican supermajority. Under the banner of diversity and tolerance, we\u2019re told we must accept altars to Satan in\u2063 our legislative halls.<\/p>\n<p>Cassidy \u2063begged to differ. \u201cThe \u200cworld may tell Christians to submissively accept the legitimization\u2064 of Satan, but none of the founders would have considered government sanction of Satanic\u200c altars \u2062inside \u2064Capitol\u2063 buildings as protected by\u2062 the \u200dFirst Amendment,\u201d\u200b he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepubSentinel\/status\/1735407203148759399?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">told The Sentinel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And he\u2019s exactly right. \u200cThere\u2019s no reason to tolerate altars to Satan in public places, no\u2064 reason to tolerate\u2063 massively wealthy universities that spread poisonous ideologies, and no reason\u200b to accept the \u200bultimate victory of the left as inevitable. For too long, conservatives have foolishly hoped that appeals to a neutral public square, high-minded tolerance, and\u200d live-and-let-live winsomeness\u200c would be enough to halt the left\u2019s march through the institutions.<\/p>\n<p>But it was a \u200cfantasy, a \u200bsoothing story\u2062 conservatives told themselves while\u2062 their culture crumbled around them. William F. Buckley famously said in the mission statement for National Review that the purpose of the\u2064 magazine was to stand athwart history, yelling \u201cstop.\u201d That was in 1955. In the nearly 70 years since, it\u2019s \u200dbecome clear you can yell \u2062all\u200d you\u200d want, \u200bbut the left\u2064 isn\u2019t listening. They will not stop unless someone stops them.<\/p>\n<p>Buckley\u2019s\u200c own career began\u2063 with\u2063 the publication in 1951 of <em>God\u200d and Man at\u2062 Yale<\/em>, which \u200cexcoriated the university for foisting collectivist, secular ideology on its students. Today, Yale and \u200dits\u2064 peer \u2064institutions like Harvard\u2063 and Penn are \u200cdoing far worse than that, actively preaching racism and antisemitism and a virulent form of liberalism that disfigures reason and enslaves the mind.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s\u2063 not enough to stand athwart history, yelling \u201cstop.\u201d At some\u200b point you have \u2064to do more\u2064 than yell. You have \u200bto\u2062 act.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How does Senator Vance&#8217;s proposed bill aim to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/upenn-donor-calls-for-boycott-presidents-resignation-over-israel-preferred-speech\/\" title=\"UPenn donor demands boycott, president's resignation over Israel speech controversy.\">hold universities accountable<\/a> for their actions?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Conservative Senator Introduces Bill \u200cto Hold Universities Accountable<\/p>\n<p>In the wake of recent \u200bcongressional testimony regarding campus antisemitism, Senator\u2063 J.D. Vance \u200bof Ohio has \u200bput\u2064 forth a bill that\u200d aims to increase the \u2062tax rate on \u200dthe \u2064largest university\u200c endowments. This bill comes as a response to \u200bthe ongoing controversy surrounding the presidents of\u200c Harvard, MIT, \u2064and the University of Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Vance has been advocating for this \u2062proposal for some\u200b time now, and he believes that it is not only a sound idea, but\u2063 also a\u200c way for\u200d conservatives to confront the left. He argues that unless the \u200cright starts treating the left \u2064and its institutions as\u2062 the hostile entities they are, \u200dour republic \u200bis at risk of not surviving.<\/p>\n<p>Higher education, in particular, is an area\u2062 where wealthy and elite schools \u2064have traditionally enjoyed \u2062preferential treatment. However,\u2062 these institutions have \u200calso \u2064been \u2064accused of \u2062promoting antisemitism, racism, \u2063gender \u200bideology, \u200dand other forms of cultural Marxism.<\/p>\n<p>The recent testimonies by the presidents of Harvard, MIT, and Penn in Congress highlighted this issue. They refused to acknowledge the blatant antisemitism on their campuses, even after the attack on Israeli \u200dcivilians by Hamas terrorists. Their equivocation and \u200dclaims that \u2064the context determines whether\u200c such antisemitism constitutes harassment drew backlash from donors. In fact, a\u200c major \u2063donor to Penn withdrew a $100 \u2064million gift, leading \u200cto\u2064 the resignation of \u200bPenn President Liz Magill.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Vance sees\u200d these universities as threats to American values and believes they should not \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sheriff-tiger-woods-didnt-get-different-treatment-after-car-crash\/\" title=\"Sheriff: Tiger Woods Didn\u2019t Get \u2018Different Treatment\u2019 After Car Crash\">receive special treatment<\/a>. \u200bCurrently, the tax \u200brate on endowments \u2062at prestigious schools like\u2063 Harvard and\u200d Penn is only 1.4\u200b percent, effectively making them \u200bslush funds for \u200bthe ultra-rich. Sen. \u200bVance&#8217;s proposed \u200bbill would raise the\u200c tax rate\u2062 to 35 percent for endowments worth \u2064$10 billion \u2062or more.<\/p>\n<p>The primary objective of this bill is \u200dnot\u200b to generate additional tax\u2064 revenue. Instead, it aims to send a message that these \u2063universities do not serve the \u200cnational interest in their current form. The money raised\u2063 could be used\u2064 to address the deficit, support working and \u2064middle-class families,\u2064 or be given back to \u2062the American people as dividends.<\/p>\n<p>This approach, according to \u2062Sen. Vance, should \u2064extend \u200cbeyond higher\u200b education. \u2064Conservatives\u2063 must utilize \u200bthe institutions they control to defend Western\u200b civilization and the Christian values that underpin it. State legislatures that have\u200c responded to \u2062the \u200doverturning of Roe\u200c v.\u2064 Wade by\u200d passing\u200d strict abortion restrictions, \u2064like Texas and Florida, are seen \u2064as examples of this approach. Similarly, states\u200c that\u200c have\u200b imposed restrictions on transgender interventions and surgeries for minors are\u200b also praised, but urged\u200d to extend these limitations to adults as \u200cwell.<\/p>\n<p>In a somewhat extreme act, a \u2062man \u200cnamed Michael Cassidy recently tore down and\u200c beheaded an\u200b altar to Satan in the Iowa\u200c State Capitol. This incident\u2062 exemplifies the frustration felt by conservatives who believe that the left \u2063has\u2063 infiltrated \u2063every aspect \u200bof society, including places like the Iowa Legislature. Under the guise\u2063 of diversity and tolerance,\u2064 the left seems to \u2063have\u200b insinuated itself everywhere.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Vance&#8217;s \u200cbill \u200bis just one step towards holding universities accountable for \u2064their \u2063actions. It\u200b is part of\u200b a larger movement\u200c among conservatives who believe\u2063 that they can no \u2064longer shy \u200baway from defending their values and using their political power to confront \u2064the\u200b left. By taking a stand and implementing policies that embody conservative principles, they hope to\u2062 preserve Western civilization and its \u200bcore\u200c ideals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time, and now he is taking action by proposing a bill to raise taxes on major university endowments. The controversy surrounding campus antisemitism has prompted this move, with the presidents of Harvard, MIT, and the University of Pennsylvania testifying in Congress. Sen. J.D. 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