Lisa Fonick (Questioner)
Appearances
Verdict with Ted Cruz
FAFO Columbia Loses: $400M in federal funds & Antisemitic Organizer Getting Deported
Dr. Gay, a Harvard student calling for the mass murder of African Americans is not protected free speech at Harvard, correct? Our commitment to free speech. It's a yes or no question. Is that corrected? Is that OK for students to call for the mass murder of African-Americans at Harvard? Is that protected free speech?
Verdict with Ted Cruz
FAFO Columbia Loses: $400M in federal funds & Antisemitic Organizer Getting Deported
It's a yes or no question. Let me ask you this. You are president of Harvard, so I assume you're familiar with the term intifada, correct? I've heard that term, yes. And you understand that the use of the term intifada in the context of the Israeli-Arab conflict is indeed a call for violent armed resistance against the state of Israel, including violence against civilians and the genocide of Jews.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
FAFO Columbia Loses: $400M in federal funds & Antisemitic Organizer Getting Deported
Are you aware of that?
Verdict with Ted Cruz
FAFO Columbia Loses: $400M in federal funds & Antisemitic Organizer Getting Deported
And there have been multiple marches at Harvard with students chanting, quote, there is only one solution, Intifada revolution, and quote, globalize the Intifada. Is that correct?
Verdict with Ted Cruz
FAFO Columbia Loses: $400M in federal funds & Antisemitic Organizer Getting Deported
So based upon your testimony, you understand that this call for Intifada is to commit genocide against the Jewish people in Israel and globally, correct?
Verdict with Ted Cruz
FAFO Columbia Loses: $400M in federal funds & Antisemitic Organizer Getting Deported
Do you believe that type of hateful speech is contrary to Harvard's code of conduct, or is it allowed at Harvard?
Verdict with Ted Cruz
FAFO Columbia Loses: $400M in federal funds & Antisemitic Organizer Getting Deported
Can you not say here that it is against the code of conduct at Harvard?
Verdict with Ted Cruz
FAFO Columbia Loses: $400M in federal funds & Antisemitic Organizer Getting Deported
Does that speech not cross that barrier? Does that speech not call for the genocide of Jews and the elimination of Israel? You testify that you understand that is the definition of intifada.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
FAFO Columbia Loses: $400M in federal funds & Antisemitic Organizer Getting Deported
You and I both know that's not the case. You were aware that Harvard ranked dead last when it came to free speech. Are you not aware of that report?
Verdict with Ted Cruz
FAFO Columbia Loses: $400M in federal funds & Antisemitic Organizer Getting Deported
It's the data shows it's true. And isn't it true that Harvard previously rescinded multiple offers of admissions for applicants and accepted freshmen for sharing offensive memes, racist statements, sometimes as young as 16 years old? Did Harvard not rescind those offers of admission?
Verdict with Ted Cruz
FAFO Columbia Loses: $400M in federal funds & Antisemitic Organizer Getting Deported
But you understand that Harvard made that decision to rescind those offers of admission?
Verdict with Ted Cruz
FAFO Columbia Loses: $400M in federal funds & Antisemitic Organizer Getting Deported
Correct, because it's a fact. You're also aware that a Winthrop House faculty dean was let go over who he chose to legally represent, correct? That was while you were dean.
Verdict with Ted Cruz
FAFO Columbia Loses: $400M in federal funds & Antisemitic Organizer Getting Deported
Well, let me ask you this. Will admissions offers be rescinded or any disciplinary action be taken against students or applicants who say, from the river to the sea or intifada, advocating for the murder of Jews?
Verdict with Ted Cruz
FAFO Columbia Loses: $400M in federal funds & Antisemitic Organizer Getting Deported
What action has been taken against students who are harassing and calling for the genocide of Jews on Harvard's campus?
Verdict with Ted Cruz
FAFO Columbia Loses: $400M in federal funds & Antisemitic Organizer Getting Deported
I'm asking what actions have been taken against those students.