“Senator, we have seen an alarming spike in antisemitism, hate against Jews, across the United States, but particularly on college campuses,” Bash said. “You also sit on the Senate committee that deals with education.”
“What’s gone so wrong on America’s college campuses that you have students openly applauding the terrorist killings of 1,200 or more civilians?” she asked.
Murphy responded, “Listen, I’m all for free speech on our campuses, but I have been very disappointed at the response of many of our University officials. There’s a direct line between some of the most vicious antisemitism speech happening on our campus and threats of violence to synagogues and to Jewish communities. I ultimately think we need to sort of think really hard about the way in which our young people are receiving information about this conflict.”
“What’s gone so wrong on America’s college campuses that you have students openly applauding the terrorist killings of 1,200 or more civilians?” she asked.
Murphy responded, “Listen, I’m all for free speech on our campuses, but I have been very disappointed at the response of many of our University officials. There’s a direct line between some of the most vicious antisemitism speech happening on our campus and threats of violence to synagogues and to Jewish communities. I ultimately think we need to sort of think really hard about the way in which our young people are receiving information about this conflict.”
