Columbia University accepted the Trump Administration’s list of demands meant to clean up its anti-Semitism problem on Friday, but NBC correspondent Antonia Hylton warned on Nightly News that Trump’s eminently reasonable demands could be viewed as “extortion.”
Host Lester Holt introduced Hylton by claiming the anti-Semitism is merely alleged, “There’s news out of Columbia University tonight. The school has conceded to demands by the Trump administration over alleged anti-Semitism on campus. At stake $400 million in federal funding. Antonia Hylton is at the campus, Antonia what has Columbia agreed to?”
Columbia’s own task force found that Jewish students have faced increased violence and harassment since October 7. It also found that the school’s DEI apparatus didn’t care for diversity, equity, or inclusion when its…
