Reps. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., and Adriano Espaillat, D-N.Y., said on Friday that the Trump administration’s decision to cut some $400 million in federal grants and contracts to Columbia University “isn’t about combating antisemitism.”
“It’s about the Trump administration’s war on education and science,” they said. “If the Trump administration were as serious about antisemitism as they claim, they would not have filled their ranks with unapologetic antisemites.”
Nadler and Espaillat said the canceled grants “support the discovery of life-saving cures and critical research.” They added that “slashing this funding will not protect the Jewish students Trump claims to defend but will instead undermine their academic futures.”
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