In the ongoing battle between President Trump and Harvard University, Democrats and the media are siding with Harvard, because of course they are.
Over on CNN, Scott Jennings, the lone voice of reason, recently knocked the Democrats, pointing out that once again, they are on the wrong side of a popular issue. The demands the Trump administration has made on the school are very reasonable and in line with public sentiment.
Jennings noted that while Democrats cry for Harvard over Trump withholding billions in funding, the school is sitting on an endowment that’s worth $53 billion. That’s bigger than the economy of some small countries.
The Daily Caller reports:
Jennings further said that politicians would “get their ass[es] kicked” if they told the American people that they must hand over $9 billion to an elite university, and stated that universities have posed a national security risk by admitting students who “fundamentally hate western civilization.”
“I think, as a political matter, if you went out to the American people right now and said ‘well, we’re just not gonna make it as a country unless we give $9 billion to Harvard, it’s sitting on $53 billion.’ You’d get your ass kicked, I imagine, in a political campaign,” Jennings said. “Now, don’t misunderstand. I with Harvard would actually work something out here.
I do agree that these universities are important. They do important work. But I don’t agree that we need to continue to fund people who don’t listen to us when we say ‘you have problems.’ I would argue that it’s a national security problem that these Ivy League colleges are turning out people who fundamentally hate western civilization. So there are points to be made here and they need to listen.”
Here’s the clip:
“If you went out and argued to the American people right now and said, well, we’re just not going to make it as a country unless we give $9 billion to Harvard, that’s sitting on $53 billion, you’d get your ass kicked. I imagine, in a political campaign.”
Scott Jennings is right. pic.twitter.com/9203Ev2EdG
— Thomas Hern (@ThomasMHern) April 15, 2025
If Harvard wants to continue to foster anti-American and antisemitic culture on their campus, they can do it on their own dime. The American people do not need to fund it.
