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Karoline Leavitt: “This administration is well within its legal right to do…”

Featuring: Karoline Leavitt, Republican | White House Press Secretary | National

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Published | Video Starts at 32:13

Newsom has called this extortion and ransom. So I'm wondering what the White House's response is to Newsom on ucla. Bring it on, Gavin. This administration is well within its legal right to do this. And we want to ensure that our colleges and our universities are respecting the First Amendment rights and the religious liberties of students on their campuses. And UCLA has failed to do that. And I have a whole list of examples that I will forward to Gavin Newsom's press office if he hasn't seen them himself. (32:13–32:27)

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Asserts that the administration is legally justified in its actions to ensure First Amendment rights and religious liberties on campuses.

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