{"id":2465765,"date":"2025-07-23T15:02:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T19:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/byron-york-suggests-trump-focus-on-fight-against-woke-academia\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T15:03:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T19:03:31","slug":"byron-york-suggests-trump-focus-on-fight-against-woke-academia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/byron-york-suggests-trump-focus-on-fight-against-woke-academia\/","title":{"rendered":"Byron York suggests Trump focus on fight against \u2018woke academia\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fbyron-york-suggests-trump-focus-on-fight-against-woke-academia%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=2465765&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>Byron York, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prince-harry-meghan-markle-blasted-for-airing-royal-familys-dirty-laundry-in-oprah-interview-whine-athon\/\" title=\"Prince Harry, Meghan Markle Blasted For Airing Royal Family\u2019s Dirty Laundry In Oprah Interview: \u2018Whine-athon\u2019\">chief political correspondent<\/a> for the Washington Examiner, suggests that president Donald Trump should focus his efforts on combating &#8220;woke&#8221; academia following his first six months in office. York discussed this on the Hugh Hewitt Show, highlighting the Trump administration&#8217;s actions against universities like Harvard and Columbia, which have faced important federal grant losses due too alleged violations relating to antisemitism during campus protests. York proposes that Trump could pursue legislative means to challenge what he calls &#8220;wokeness&#8221; in higher education, while also continuing to reform the Department of Education by shifting some of its functions to states and reducing bureaucratic influence. Despite cuts, the department would still manage key programs such as Pell Grants and funding for special needs education.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Byron York suggests Trump focus on fight against &lsquo;woke academia&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2113972\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> chief political correspondent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/daily-memo\/3357088\/will-trump-department-of-education-strategy-cut-bureaucracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Byron York<\/a> recommended that President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3232494\/trump-abolish-department-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> take the fight to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/patriotism-unity\/3458083\/how-students-benefiting-donald-trump-education-reform\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">&ldquo;woke&rdquo; universities<\/a> next since his first six months as president.<\/p>\n<p>York appeared on the <em>Hugh Hewitt Show<\/em> on Tuesday to offer commentary on Trump&rsquo;s first six months in office. His administration has seen the passage of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/3462467\/winners-losers-big-beautiful-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">mandatory spending and tax bill<\/a> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3475403\/trump-doge-cuts-house-johnson-gop-divisions-epstein-votes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">rescissions package<\/a>. Host Hugh Hewitt asked York what the president should work toward next.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3479687\/education-department-student-loan-forgiveness-recalculate-roll-backs\/\">Education Department halts student loan forgiveness plan to &#8216;recalculate&#8217; after roll backs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3479551\/marco-rubio-harvard-investigation-exchange-student-program-eligibility\/\">Rubio announces investigation into Harvard&#8217;s exchange student program eligibility<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3479016\/columbia-discipline-pro-palestinian-student-protesters-israel-war\/\">Columbia disciplines dozens of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/french-schoolgirl-admits-lying-about-teacher-who-was-murdered-for-showing-class-muhammed-cartoons\/\" title=\"French Schoolgirl Admits Lying About Teacher Who Was Murdered For Showing Class Muhammed Cartoons\">student protesters<\/a> as school negotiates with Trump administration<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I do think if there&rsquo;s some sort of legislative way to go after wokeness in academia, the way that he has been doing with various individual schools, I think that&rsquo;s a real possibility,&rdquo; York said.<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yT85HimZsC0?si=_8Vr5QUKzWStssTo\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>    <\/p>\n<p>York was referring to Harvard and Columbia University, which have lost grants for violations of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. The Trump administration cited last spring&rsquo;s protests that, per the administration&rsquo;s determination, escalated to antisemitism.<\/p>\n<p>Harvard had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3416724\/harvard-university-grants-loses-another-60-million-over-antisemitism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">$3 billion<\/a> in grants frozen or cancelled since Trump took office. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >ivy league institution typically boasts<\/a> as much as $9 billion in federal funding. Columbia lost <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/3364597\/trump-400-million-showdown-columbia-academic-freedom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">$400 million<\/a> in grants and laid off <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3402232\/columbia-staff-cuts-180-grants-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">180 staff<\/a> as a result.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, he&rsquo;s working on the Department of Education, which he can&rsquo;t do completely, but he can go a long way toward it,&rdquo; York noted.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3473390\/trump-administration-michigan-china-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>TRUMP ADMINISTRATION INVESTIGATING UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN OVER &lsquo;VULNERABILITIES TO MALIGN FOREIGN INFLUENCE&rsquo;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He could also actually try to do it through Congress by moving some of the actual real functions of the Department of Education to other places because you don&rsquo;t need an entire education department.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>While the department&rsquo;s employees are laid off and the funds are transferred to states, the president <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3356275\/returning-education-states-fewer-strings-regulations-red-tape-mcmahon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">made it clear<\/a> that it will still handle &ldquo;Pell Grants, Title I funding, [and] resources for children with disabilities and special needs.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2113972\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2113972\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Byron York urges Trump to target &#8216;woke&#8217; universities next<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2465766,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/trump-one-big-beautiful-bill-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[37928,43270,59743,3634,59742],"class_list":["post-2465765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-byron-york","tag-culture-war","tag-education-debate","tag-trump","tag-woke-academia"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/trump-one-big-beautiful-bill-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2465765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2465765"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2465765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2465769,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2465765\/revisions\/2465769"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2465766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2465765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2465765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2465765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}