The GOP-lead House Education and Workforce Committee in a 325-page report contended the New York Democrat advised then-university president Minouche Shafik that the school would be spared any scrutiny by Democrats, explaining the elite university's "Political problems are really only among Republicans." His staff then encouraged Columbia administrators that the "Best strategy is to keep heads down," according to the report.
Chuck Schumer Schumer is being slammed as a traitor following damning claims he told Columbia admin to dismiss any criticism of the school's handling of blatant violence and antisemitism on campus.
A spokesman for Schumer insisted the report was "Flat-out false." "Sen. Schumer regularly and forcefully condemned antisemitic acts at Columbia and elsewhere saying 'when protests shift to antisemitism, verbal abuse, intimidation, or glorification of Oct. 7 violence against Jewish people, that crosses the line.' He conveyed this point publicly and to administrators privately," Angelo Roefaro told The Post Thursday night.
According to the report, Columbia trustees ridiculed the committee for reviewing their oversight of the violence and prejudice on campus and texted about how they hoped Democrats would take control of Congress after Shafik's discussion with Schumer.
In texts with Board of Trustees co-chairs David Greenwald and Claire Shipman in January, Shafik described Schumer as "Very positive and supportive." University leadership then felt emboldened to avoid any kind of meeting with Republicans after Schumer and his staff indicated a forum with the political party wasn't necessary, the report states.
Greenwald then echoed Schumer's advice, writing: "If we are keeping our head down, maybe we shouldn't meet with Republicans." Since Hamas' murderous raid on Israel, Jewish Columbia students have received death threats, been spat upon, stalked and pinned against walls as the Ivy League school devolved into a cesspool of antisemitic hate, according to a disturbing report released by the university in August.
"The report is more evidence of what we already knew: Columbia did not do their job to prevent antisemitism on campus," said Ari Shrage, head of the Columbia Jewish Alumni Association.
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