FAFO Columbia Loses: $400M in federal funds & Antisemitic Organizer Getting Deported
Verdict with Ted Cruz
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🗓️ 10 March 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
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Anti-Semitism at Columbia University:
- The podcast highlights the rise of anti-Semitic protests at Columbia University, particularly following Hamas's October 7th attack on Israel.
- Columbia University faced criticism for not protecting Jewish students, leading to the resignation of its president, Menu Shaffique.
- The Trump administration has cut off $400 million in federal funding to Columbia University due to its failure to address anti-Semitism.
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Government Actions:
- The Trump administration has formed an Anti-Semitism Task Force to review federal grants to universities.
- Immigration agents arrested Palestinian activists involved in the protests, with plans to revoke their visas and deport them.
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Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing:
- Senator Cruz discusses a recent Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on anti-Semitism, criticizing the Democrats for not addressing the issue.
- He emphasizes the need for universities to take action against anti-Semitic behavior and calls for investigations into the funding behind these protests.
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Historical Context and Ideological Roots:
- The podcast delves into the ideological roots of anti-Semitism on college campuses, tracing it back to cultural Marxism and the influence of leftist ideologies.
- Senator Cruz references his book "Unwoke: How to Defeat Cultural Marxism in America" to explain the origins of these beliefs.
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Free Speech and Consequences:
- The discussion includes the balance between free speech and the consequences of hateful speech, particularly in the context of university policies.
- Senator Cruz argues that universities should expel students who advocate for violence and anti-Semitism.
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Political Implications:
- The podcast touches on the political implications of anti-Semitism, highlighting the differences between the Trump administration and the Biden administration in addressing the issue.
- Senator Cruz calls for accountability and action against those who promote anti-Semitic views.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome. It is verdict with Senator Ted Cruz. Ben Ferguson with you as always. Happy Monday. And Senator, |
| 0:07.2 | it is a prediction that you predicted a few weeks ago. And it's dealing with Columbia University, |
| 0:14.6 | but it's also dealing with students that are anti-Israel, anti-Semitic. And now Donald Trump is paying off on one of his promises. |
| 0:23.6 | You know, there's a phrase that's gone viral online. It's F-A-F-O. And I got to say there are a whole |
| 0:29.9 | lot of anti-Israel anti-Semitic radicals that are finding out what that means. And there are also a lot of |
| 0:35.7 | Ivy League administrators and professors who are finding out |
| 0:39.4 | what it means. You and I, we interviewed on this podcast, Pam Bondi, the Attorney General in front of |
| 0:44.8 | CPAC. We interviewed live. And I predicted in that interview, I said, the Trump administration |
| 0:50.3 | is going to go after universities that allow these radical anti-Israel pro-Hamas anti-Semitic protests, |
| 0:58.3 | and they're going to go after them on a couple of fronts. |
| 1:01.1 | Number one, it is existing federal law under Title VI of the civil rights laws |
| 1:05.7 | that you cannot create an environment that is hostile that is discriminating against people based on ethnicity or faith. |
| 1:12.6 | And when you have universities like Columbia and much of the rest of the Ivy League that are allowing Jewish students to be afraid for their lives. |
| 1:21.6 | The Columbia Orthodox rabbi in the midst of the very worst protest after October 7th, sent out an email to the Jewish |
| 1:29.2 | students on campus and said, do not come into campus, you are not safe. |
| 1:35.3 | Columbia will not protect you. |
| 1:37.5 | And what you and I predicted on this podcast with Attorney General Pambandi is the Trump Department |
| 1:43.6 | of Justice is going to come after these |
| 1:45.5 | universities and cut off their funds. And I said, you know what? First in line is Columbia University |
| 1:51.4 | because they've been the most brazen about it. And I predicted second that we are going to see |
| 1:57.4 | these anti-Semitic protesters who are foreigners. We're going to see their visas revoked and we're going to see these anti-Semitic protesters who are foreigners, we're going to see their visas revoked, |
| 2:04.2 | and we're going to see them deported. Well, all of that is happening right now. This past week, |
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