Elizabeth Pipko On The Trump Administration Moving To Hold Harvard Accountable: 'It's Great How Public It's Becoming'
'It is one of the most confusing things I've seen. You know, I grew up dying to go to these schools. I hold degrees from Harvard and UPenn, two now of the most anti-Semitic schools I think that we have in our country. I am still paying off a student loan for one of them. And every time I make that payment, I have to think about the fact that they hate me and they hate everything that I represent. It is so scary and it's so sad. And at the same time, it is great how public it's becoming because if there's anything liberals care about more than their policies, it's their children and I want them to realize what's being done to their children in these universities. So they understand the brainwashing, what they're paying money for, and why it is that these kids are coming home after four years and hating everything, even that their parents stand for. So I'm actually happy that it's finally bled out into the forefront, and I hope a lot of people make some big changes because of it. '
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