House to vote on bipartisan resolution demanding Harvard, MIT presidents resign over antisemitism testimony

The House will vote Wednesday on a resolution demanding Harvard President Claudine Gay and MIT President Sally Kornbluth resign after university leadership supported them.

House Republican Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., as well as Rep. Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla., Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., and Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., afterward introduced a resolution condemning the testimony of Harvard, MIT and UPenn's presidents and calling for "the immediate resignation of the remaining presidents at Harvard and MIT."  Danielle Wallace is a reporter for Fox News Digital covering politics, crime, police and more. Story tips can be sent to danielle.wallace@fox.com and on Twitter: @danimwallace. 

Just two days after the hearing last week, MIT’s Executive Corporation had already pledged "full and unreserved support" for Kornbluth, issuing a statement that championed "her outstanding academic leadership, her judgment, her integrity, her moral compass, and her ability to unite our community around MIT’s core values."

When the presidents of UPenn, Harvard and MIT were asked if calling for the genocide of Jews violates university policies on bullying and harassment, "Presidents Elizabeth Magill, Claudine Gay, and Sally Kornbluth were evasive and dismissive, failing to simply condemn such action," the resolution says. Specifically, Magill stated, ‘‘It is a context-dependent decision"; Gay insisted that it ‘‘depends on the context"; and Kornbluth responded it would only constitute harassment if it were ‘‘targeted at individuals."