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Jon Husted: “I would not want them to do it if they were indeed connected…”

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Jon Husted Discusses Failures Of Colleges To Protect Jewish Students Amidst Uptick In Antisemitism

Published | Video Starts at 03:23

They're here as guests. Do you want students that come to America because of what we offer, including freedom of speech, to decide they don't want to come here? I would not want them to do it if they were indeed connected to a foreign government who is trying to influence situations here in America or a terrorist organization. What if they're misinformed about what river to the sea means and they're on a campus and they're 18 years old and they see what's happening in Gaza? (03:23–03:33)

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Asserts that he would not want students connected to foreign governments or terrorist organizations to come to the U.S.

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