UPenn president resigns after controversial testimony during congressional antisemitism hearing

University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill resigned Saturday in the wake of her controversial testimony during a congressional hearing on antisemitism. The presidents of both Harvard and MIT have also received significant criticism for their testimony as well.

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[Falconlibrary]

I'm sure a donor threatening to withdraw a $100 million contribution had no bearing on this decision.

[melodypanek]

Genocide of any group is evil! How dare she say that "it depends". Even if you don't agree with Israel's policies, one should never ever condone calls for such evil.

[mickpratt]

They need to fire all those lawyers and PR people behind them that prepped them and were feeding them talking points.

[johnschools]

I would be interested in what "context" she considers valid for calling for the genocide of a people.

[Valicroix]

The rest of those so-called "academics" that testified should resign as well. What an absolute disgrace all three of them were.

[toddfenley]

That's what you get for being afraid to offend a minority of evildoers

[DavidKing-lrhu]

Remember she never did apologize or say she was sorry for her testimony she just made excuses

[jamest.]

She is staying on with tenure. Meaning she'll stay cozy and safe not going anywhere. It's a firing in name only to appease donors. More needs done

[SVTCobra]

The unbelievable part of her testimony was that she was being smug, as if the congressmen's were incapable of understanding higher concepts. I guess she didn't understand some pretty basic concepts.

[lionlikemessenger]

The school made a decision based on the (money) it was about to lose.

[PatrickFoley-vflr]

Goes to show how wacked out colleges have become.

[ericw]

Good, Harvard and MIT need to clean house next.

[Jaredpoth]

They should all be forced to resign. If you listened to the hearing and their responses it was horrible

[Anne_Onymous]

People are sick of the double standards at these Universities.

[guycolerick]

What a sorry state if affairs. This is just the tip of the ice berg. This perverse ideology prevails throughout most of the universities throughout the United States. My God, what has happened to our country?

[bluemountain]

The other two need to be fired before they resign, and Stefanik needs to subpoena presidents of Yale, Stanford, Brown University and others.

[neeldani]

Those three ladies thought they were very clever saying "It depends on the context" and "If it is put into action". Just like American media that repeat the same talking points from one outlet to the other to the other.

[sputnikalgrim]

It’s amazing how little the woke nonsense matters when 100 million is on the line…

[RGTFLA]

Expect nothing else from a school that has a man as the best woman's swimmer.

[glasshalffull]

I guess this forced resignation wiped that smug smirk off her face. SMH