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Linda McMahon: “On balance, I think [the demands] were pretty much the same…”

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

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Linda McMahon Discusses Trump Administration's Federal Contract Cancellation with Harvard University

Published | Video Starts at 10:52

Or unfair to characterize the requests or demands rather that, that, that the administration made of Harvard were different and more aggressive than those made to Columbia, for example? Well, On balance, I think [the demands] were pretty much the same [for Harvard and Columbia]. I mean, we were looking at things like protesters who couldn't wear masks except for, you know, religious or health reasons because, you know, when they were totally covering their face or you couldn't identify protesters on campus. (10:52–10:54)

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Asserts that the demands made to Harvard and Columbia were similar.

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