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Adam Schiff: “They are going after the institutions of higher learning. This was an attack that was presaged by JD Vance years ago in…”

On the recordMarch 31, 2025
They are going after the institutions of higher learning. This was an attack that was presaged by JD Vance years ago in his speech where he talked about ``the professors are the enemy.'' They have to go after ``the seat of learning.'' So they are going after the universities, and they are using enormous cudgel: We will cut off your funds. We will cut off hundreds of millions in your funds if you do things, if you say things that we in the administration don't like. If you irritate the personal predilection of the President, you will have your funding cut. It is unlawful; it is illegal; and yet they are doing it because they can.
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Adam Schiff
Democratic · California
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Mar 31, 2025

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