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Linda McMahon: “Our first complaint was Columbia.”

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

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Secretary of Education Linda McMahon interviewed by Washington Examiner News Editor Marisa Schultz

Published | Video Starts at 16:39

Can you tell us what you all have identified as the problems at Harvard? Well, clearly Harvard is one of the most prestigious universities in the world. But we didn't just look at Harvard. We actually had. Our first complaint was Columbia. But I think it was much more evident in recent media coverage with Harvard when you saw students that were locked in a library and other students pounding outside on the glass of the library. (16:39–16:43)

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Asserts that the first complaint regarding anti-Semitism was against Columbia University.

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