{"id":2249725,"date":"2024-05-21T17:35:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T21:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rick-scott-warns-colleges-to-address-antisemitism-or-risk-losing-all-federal-funds\/"},"modified":"2024-05-21T17:37:58","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T21:37:58","slug":"rick-scott-warns-colleges-to-address-antisemitism-or-risk-losing-all-federal-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rick-scott-warns-colleges-to-address-antisemitism-or-risk-losing-all-federal-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Rick Scott cautions colleges: Combat antisemitism or lose federal funding"},"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\">20<\/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%2Frick-scott-warns-colleges-to-address-antisemitism-or-risk-losing-all-federal-funds%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=2249725&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--><p>Senator Rick Scott from Florida expressed deep concern over the\u200c surge of \u200cantisemitism on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-china-threat-is-real-and-upon-us\/\" title=\"The China Threat is Real and Upon Us\">college campuses<\/a> in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/economists-push-for-another-round-of-stimulus-checks\/\" title=\"Economists Push for Another Round of Stimulus Checks\">open letter<\/a> to university\u200d presidents. He\u2064 criticized the handling of pro-Palestinian protests turning hostile\u200b towards Jewish students, urging for congressional action. Scott\u200b vowed to investigate and cut funding from institutions\u2063 supporting antisemitism, emphasizing\u2062 the importance of \u200ccampus safety.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>EXCLUSIVE \u2014 <\/strong>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rick-scott\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Rick Scott<\/a> (R-FL) released an open letter to university presidents on Tuesday expressing his \u201cprofound concern\u201d with the wave of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/antisemitism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>antisemitism<\/a> at college campuses.<\/p>\n<p>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. Police have been called in to disband or contain the protests, but the light touch used by some presidents has prompted calls for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2986600\/house-passes-bill-expanding-definition-antisemitism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>congressional action<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Scott, who has emphasized support for Israel during his first term in the Senate, said students had \u201csurpassed\u201d their free speech rights and that he would attempt to \u201crescind every last cent of taxpayer funding of any institution that condones\u201d antisemitism.<\/p>\n<p>He promised to \u201cdo everything in my power\u201d to investigate those universities believed to be violating the Civil Rights Act.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs 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,\u201d Scott said in the letter, first obtained by the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the encampments, erected in protest of Israel\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-protests-give-mike-johnson-chance-to-turn-page-on-ukraine-divisions\/\" title=\"Columbia Protests Offer Mike Johnson Opportunity for Unity after Ukraine Discord\">casualty-heavy war<\/a> in Gaza, were taken down ahead of graduation season, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kentucky-police-officer-fired-for-giving-black-lives-matter-protest-leader-info-on-cops\/\" title=\"Kentucky Police Officer Fired For Giving Black Lives Matter Protest Leader Info On Cops\">protest organizers<\/a> at various universities have suggested they could return.<\/p>\n<p>Scott said it is imperative that university presidents not allow campus disruptions as the summer semester gets underway, listing instances of violent clashes and pro-Hamas chants at universities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can help restore trust in your institution and reaffirm the values that universities and the United States should uphold,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Scott has taken other steps to address the encampments. He called on District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser to testify before Congress over her city\u2019s police response to protests at George Washington University, while Scott visited the campus twice earlier this month to express solidarity with the Jewish community there.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Both parties have roundly denounced the antisemitism at college campuses, but Democrats have been forced to walk a tightrope as their left flank criticizes the way Israel has conducted its war, spurred by the Oct. 7, 2023, invasion by Hamas. President Joe Biden has simultaneously condemned antisemitism while warning Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to conduct a ground operation in Rafah, a densely populated stronghold for the terrorist group.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans continue to highlight the matter with hearings and other legislative action. On Thursday, the presidents of Rutgers University, Northwestern University, and the University of California, Los Angeles will testify before the House Education Committee as part of a chamber-wide effort to crack down on antisemitism.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) penned a letter to university presidents voicing deep worries about the rise of antisemitism on campuses. 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