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Linda McMahon: “Harvard has a $53 billion endowment, and yet my tax dollars…”

Featuring: Linda McMahon, Republican | Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education | National

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Published | Video Starts at 02:19

And I think President Trump has a real knack for tapping into what a lot of people in the country, as you said, many parts of the country might look at and go, wait a second, they have Harvard has a $53 billion endowment, and yet my tax dollars are going for about $9 billion right now. I understand a lot of that is for research, good research, by the way. And universities should continue to be able to do research as long as they're abiding by … (02:19–02:26)

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Asserts that Harvard has a $53 billion endowment and receives $9 billion in taxpayer funding.

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