Some leaders from higher education testified on Capitol Hill today and were grilled by Republicans about the ongoing issue of antisemitism on college campuses.
At one point, Republican Rep. Burgess Owens of Utah cornered the interim president of Georgetown University by asking him if the school would allow the KKK to speak on campus.
It’s a completely fair question. Burgess points out that the rhetoric coming from the ‘free Palestine’ mob is not any different.
Partial transcript by the Stu Studio on Twitter/X:
[Rep. Burgess Owens] confronted Georgetown President Robert Groves with a simple, pointed question:
“Would you allow a member of the KKK who wished the deaths of Black Americans to speak at Georgetown?”
“No.”
Owens didn’t let up: “So if Georgetown would disallow white supremacist bigots, why does it allow Palestinian antisemitic bigots invited by faculty or students?”
Groves had no real answer—just vague talk about diverse viewpoints.
Watch the exchange below:
Burgess Owens Calls Out Georgetown’s Double Standard on Hate Speech@RepBurgessOwens confronted Georgetown President Robert Groves with a simple, pointed question:
“Would you allow a member of the KKK who wished the deaths of Black Americans to speak at Georgetown?”
“No.”… pic.twitter.com/DFQj4Gm43a
— Stu (@thestustustudio) July 15, 2025
The Georgetown Voice adds this tidbit:
Groves responds to reports of alleged antisemitism on Georgetown’s campus
In response to representatives’ questions, Groves cited several instances in which Georgetown enacted disciplinary actions against alleged antisemitic behavior. Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) first pointed to a tweet that Georgetown Chair of Islamic Civilization Jonathan A.C. Brown published on his X page on June 22.
“I hope Iran does some symbolic strike on a base,” Brown wrote.
According to a university spokesperson, Georgetown has since removed Brown from his position as Chair of the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies, though he retains the position of Alwaleed bin Talal Chair of Islamic Civilization in the SFS. Groves said that the university has placed him on leave awaiting further review.
This is one of the main reasons why higher education finds itself under fire right now. Leaders at many of these schools have allowed this hate to fester to the point where it got out of control. They should have stopped it in its tracks, but they failed.
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