Elise Stefanik eyes crackdown on colleges' federal dollars amid campus antisemitism probe
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Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., is eyeing legislative routes to crack down on instances of antisemitism on college campuses, she told Fox News Digital after a roundtable with Jewish students.
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
Stefanik was among a group of lawmakers who heard from Jewish college students at a Thursday roundtable, led by House Education and Workforce Committee Chair Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., where the young adults recalled instances of feeling threatened and being confronted with profanity just because of their Jewish identity. Follow on Twitter at @liz_elkind and send tips to elizabeth.elkind@fox.com
It is part of the committee’s ongoing investigation into antisemitism on campus, which has already precipitated the departures of presidents at two major Ivy League schools — Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania.