New Columbia University president dismissed House antisemitism hearing as 'nonsense'

Elise Stefanikrepresentative

It’s already come out that she has criticized and belittled the House investigation and the accountability measures and has failed to protect Jewish students,

Ms. Stefanik said on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures.”

My request, right now, is that we all — students, faculty, staff, and everyone in this remarkable place — come together and work to protect and support this invaluable repository of knowledge, this home to the next generation of intellectual explorers, and this place of great and continuing promise,

Ms. Shipman wrote

We are focused on doing what is right and honoring our commitments to create a Columbia community where students are safe and able to flourish,

she said in a statement

Elise Stefanikrepresentative

Two Presidents later, here we are,

Ms. Stefanik posted on Saturday

We will continue to build on the significant progress we’ve made, and the plan outlined to move our community forward,

she wrote

It’s untenable for her to be in this position, and I think it is only going to be a matter of weeks before she’s forced to step down as well,

she added

[M]ost critically I think it heavily inoculates us for a while from the capital [sic] hill nonsense and threat,

Shipman wrote in the message, which was revealed in a 325-page report from the Republican House Committee on Education and the Workforce in October

As I planned when I took on this interim position, and with the support of the Board of Trustees, I am returning to my role as Chief Executive Officer of Columbia University's Irving Medical Center, Executive Vice President for Health and Biomedical Sciences, and Dean of the Faculties of Health Sciences and Medicine and the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons,

Armstrong wrote in a statement published on the Columbia University website Friday