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Glenn Grothman: Like most Americans, I happened to be in the room because I am on the committee and was a little bit startled and…

On the recordDecember 13, 2023
Like most Americans, I happened to be in the room because I am on the committee and was a little bit startled and stunned by the lack of concern for rampant anti-Semitism in the most prominent universities in this country--the leaders who were chosen to lead those universities. We have to ask ourselves why is it happening on our premier campuses? I can go out in Wisconsin, all the hard workers in the factories, all the hard workers on the farms, all the people working in retail, I don't see any evidence of this. As a matter of fact, I don't think there is anywhere in the State of Wisconsin I would go and find this sort of thing. Nevertheless, we seem to be fighting it in our universities. The question is: Why is that so? Is there anything out there that would give an indication that you have a possibility of anti-Semitism? Part of it, I think, is coming from recent immigrants who are carrying grievances from long ago to the United States, but the more concerning one is the spoiled, upper-middle classes that make up so many of the college students and professors. I think what we are coming out of is what I will call the bored upper-middle classes looking for something to do and the unhappiness out of that boredom that leads them to anti-American, but also anti- Semitic and anti-Israel.…
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Glenn Grothman
Republican · Wisconsin
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Dec 13, 2023

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