Pennsylvania Reps. Urge University Board to Fire UPenn President After Congressional Hearing on Anti-Semitism

Published on December 8, 2023

Six Republican members have urged the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) to fire its president, Liz Magill, over her recent testimony at a House committee hearing about anti-Semitism on college campuses. During Tuesday’s House hearing, Ms. Magill declined to say outright that calling for the genocide of all Jewish people would violate the university’s code of conduct concerning bullying and harassment. Reps. Guy Reschenthaler (R-Pa.), Dan Meuser (R-Pa.), Mike Kelly (R-Pa.), John Joyce (R-Pa.), Lloyd Smucker (R-Pa.), and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) urged the board of trustees to dismiss Ms. Magill, calling her action “an embarrassment” to the university. “President Magill’s testimony is a clear reflection of the pervasive moral and educational failures prevalent at your university and other premier universities across the country,” they stated in a Dec. 7 letter (pdf)....

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