GOP makes clumsy effort to superimpose anti-woke political games onto campus antisemitism debate
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- House Republicans on the Committee on Education and the Workforce attempted to use Columbia University president Minouche Shafik as a prop in their latest attempt to keep their anti-woke political theater as much in the public eye as possible. Jelani Cobb, dean of the Columbia University School of Journalism joins Alex Wagner to discuss.
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Freedom is in educating the people. Tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.
Conservatives know that. This is why they are anti-education.
kelperdude is really ignorant.
cute! but the usa was built on thievery, conniving, racial suppression , and more. it's been a trash country since JOHN WINTHROP dropped his shorts and gave natives measles. btw; one can't be racist as most jews are mixed while looking like putin or lindsay graham.
Ask Repubs how many Jewish members. House 2 Repubs vs 25 Dems / Senate 0 Repubs vs 25 Dems & 1 independent Bernie
true, and those in power, love ignorant citizens.
The republican party are pretty much cartoon villians at this point. America, do yourself a favor, vote blue.
TRUMP 2024....you cannot stop it.
@@terrybane6206 Trump 20-24 years in prison. Trust me we won't stop it.
@@terrybane6206👈also a cartoon villain.
@@JV-mw7gv You dimocrats better get your affairs in order.....Trump will be back soon.
@@mackjrbell7828 You dimocrats better get your affairs in order. Trump will be back soon. Lol....Wait and see.
Religion has no place in the USA government 😢.
And that includes Judoism 😊
@@bethsheba7 Judosim ???
Is that a reference to the modern martial art and sport developed in Japan by Jigoro Kano in the late 19th century?
💯 agreed. No place at all.
But she needs to ask Repubs how many Jewish members. 2 Repubs vs 25 Dems / Senate 0 Repubs vs 9 Dems & 1 independent Bernie
@@bethsheba7it also includes karateism…
Enjoy your religion.
Leave everyone else alone about it!
Separation of church and state!!!!!!
Separation of church, mosque and state
The Founding Fathers deemed *ALL* religions unfit for modern, civil governance.
The *1st Amendment's Establishment Clause* prohibits the government from making any law, _“respecting an establishment of religion.”_
This clause not only forbids the government from establishing an official religion, but also prohibits government actions that unduly favor one religion over another. It also prohibits the government from unduly preferring religion over non-religion.
*Constitution Article VI Supreme Law - Clause 3 Oaths of Office*
_"The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the Members of the several State Legislatures, and all executive and judicial Officers, both of the United States and of the several States, shall be bound by Oath or Affirmation, to support this Constitution; _*_but no religious Test shall ever be required as a Qualification to any Office or public Trust under the United States."_*
This means nobody is ever required to swear to a god or on the Bible, or any other religious book for an oath of office. They may choose a god or religious book, but none is required.
Thomas Jefferson and Calvin Coolidge did not use a Bible in their oath-taking ceremonies. Theodore Roosevelt did not use the Bible when taking the oath in 1901, nor did John Quincy Adams, who swore on a book of law, with the intention that he was swearing on the constitution.
_"In this enlightened age and in this land of equal liberty, _*_it is our boast,_*_ that a man's religious tenets will not forfeit the protection of the laws, nor deprive him of the right of attaining and holding the highest offices that are known in the United States."_
*-George Washington* (To the Members of the New Jerusalem Church of Baltimore, 27 January 1793)
_“The United States is not a Christian nation any more than it is a Jewish or Mohammedan Nation.”_
*- John Adams* (American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, Founding Father & 2nd president)
_“...the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion."_
*-Treaty of Tripoli - June 7, 1797. Signed by President John Adams & Ratified UNANIMOUSLY, by the Senate June 10, 1797*
....only a few times in history the Senate unanimously agreed on anything.
A 2018 Supreme Court Ruling re-affirmed this statement, from The Treaty of Tripoli.
The Supreme Court released an opinion on May 14, 2018 in Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Assn., 584 U. S. (2018), Justice Thomas in his concurring opinion wrote:
_"The Treaty of Tripoli was passed by the Senate and signed into law by President John Adams. As such, it is a "legislated text" which must be read "textually". The lower courts in this case read a hypothetical legislative intention into the text by dismissing Article 11 as "a mere formality". _*_The language itself makes a clear direct statement that our government is not based on the Christian religion and any attempt by a government official to represent our government as Christian contradicts the text and the historical understanding of our founders."_*
_"Who does not see that the same authority which can establish Christianity, in exclusion of all other Religions, may establish with the same ease any particular sect of Christians, in exclusion of all other Sects?"_
*- James Madison 4th president* (A Memorial And Remonstrance, On The Religious Rights Of Man: Written In 1784-85)
@@xjarheadjohnson
“Religion is the opium of the people“
Are we willing to tell this to the Muslim world, that is the question.
@@ibicus8601 church, mosque, temple, shrine whatever you wanna call it go ahead.
@@dudeguyrockfan thank you but I didnt ask for your permission
Thank you GOP, you’re making it so much easier to vote blue.
no thanks. look what the blue has done to us in just three years.
never. look what they've done to us these past three years. 😥
@@kelperdude
That sounds like Russian propaganda
@@thebilboshow168
Only in the Republican led areas, violent crime is down. Trusted sources are key, and you don’t seem to have them
@@Brad-ip8wz Wrong, crime is Only down in Conservative areas where Americans carry guns legally.
You are a liar.
Why would the GOP want to actually solve any real issue when they can endlessly demagogue and grift off it.
why do they always have to fix what your side has ruined?
@@kelperdude where as since watching reagan come to power before I was old enough to vote for his first term, but not his second term which I totally voted against him. Republicans, have been going off the track for decades, so now they realize just how far off they've gone.b
Joe Biden’s America last policies: If your life has gotten better during the Biden Administration then you’re probably an illegal immigrant. FJB
@@kelperdudeWhat exactly have they fixed over the last couple of years?
@@hoodootheclown929the endless racism and anti-American policies and rhetoric coming from you FarLeftists.
“Uhhhh….I dunno.”
-Every conservative when asked to define woke.
When she can answer the question and the Republicans dont like the answer they cut her off. It also shows how little they know about the University administration, policy and ethics.
It's been at least a decade since I've heard a Republican ask a question in good faith because they really want to learn the answer
I think this is one of the things that saddens me most. When did we stop wanting to learn about each other? Or maybe we never did en masse. It's so sad.
Oh, the irony! Antisemitism is about protecting people from disparaging remarks or attacks based on the fact that they are Jewish. So-called "wokeism" is about protecting people from disparaging remarks or attacks based on the fact that they are part of another minority group. Being against antisemitism is literally part of the "woke" mindset. It's about respecting people and treating them with dignity. Being woke is about being against racism, religism, agism, or anything that falsely divides people.
Well said @mstrivelli. Thank you!
Cheers.
That's too many big words for our rural white ragers to understand 😅
If you’re not woke, I guess you’re asleep.
Thank you! Why do we need to keep reminding people that "woke" is an enlightened state, not something to hate or be afraid of?
We can see daily in the Court room how "Anti-woke" Trump is......😏
You win comment of the day. 😊
An 8 year old misdemeanor where the statute of limitations has expired so they have to bootstrap it to another crime to keep it alive is reaching at best, but do all this right before a presidential election and then it's obvious and blatant election interference!
"can you name 10 Republicans in your faculty?"
"Yeah i could, here's two that were part of the Trump administration...."
"Okay let me ask another question."
It was painful to watch that guy trtand fail so hard with a gotcha question and then just immediately give up on it to try to pivot to something else. The secondhand embarrassment i felt for the guy was strong.
He tried so hard, and failed bigly. LOL
I would've responded with, "how many republicans were at Charlottesville? how many republicans were present on January 6th?"
"Do you want Columbia University to be cursed by the god of the Bible?"
Me: I worry about that as much as you worry about not entering Valhalla.
Being pro saving civilian lives and being anti war is not antisemitism.
then Hamas should have not started a war knowing the people where going to suffer.
@@edgeinscarride Hamas didn't start a war, they performed a terrorist attack. Israeli government could have used intelligence to take the offenders out strategically from the inside. Israeli military started the war.
I hate these combative attacks on witnesses that stands-in for actual discussion. To me, it's just an excuse for attacking people the GOP doesn't like.
Exactly! This is a completely inappropriate abuse of our tax dollars. Calling people in to attack them. They don't ask questions, or let a witness answer. They just spew their own opinion at them while forcing them to listen and they do it on our dime. They accomplish nothing. They just make themselves feel better about being horrible at what they do.
Democrat and proudly woke 💪🧢
Project 2025 at work. Vote blue folks! ✌💙
I've been telling people to read it, just look at the republican party it's the maga cult now 🙄
Thank you Alex for always shining the spotlight on what is the greatest threat to America today: White Christian Nationalism
The students have the right to protest! As a Columbia Alumni, I support free speech! If you are anti- semetic, I disagree, but, support your right to your beliefs! In the USA, we should never tell anyone what to say, think, act, etc., even when you disagree!
Let's consider treating each other with courtesy and respect, before acting in haste!!!
House Republicans should be voted out!
Forgot the left never does wrong. Do you ever question that the left is never called out or do you just blindly follow what you ate told?
Agreed 💯%
Senate side too. They have a fair amount of carzy on that side as well.
@afry6400 while I agree the fact that we can't call out democrats for the corruption they cause is sickening and why trump will win
Not until the MAGA cult is exposed and trump convicted of sedition, and even then this insurrection will now have to be guarded against.... Unfortunately in a country with as many freedoms as ours, is that much easier to upend our fragile democratic government.
Vote out the Taliban. “Woke” refers to people expecting equality under the law.
They don't want equality. Woke people want better treatment off the backs of hard workers.
Seriously? So the social justice warriors who want us judged differently according to our skin color and gender expect this discrimination to result in equality?
When did "up" become "down"?
I guess my comment was censored because it was insufficiently woke?
Ask The Committee how many Jewish members in House= 2 Repubs vs 26 Dems / Senate 0 Repubs vs 9 Dems 1 Independent Bernie
Being full of hate and bile doesn't seem to be great for your skin.
I love how they always toss the Jews a bone when they refer to our “Judeo-Christian heritage.” It's not all that hard to figure out that they really mean “Christian.”
Federalists don't want an educated electorate. 🤬
The current GOP want to keep our youth uninformed, scared and easily coereced. Intelligent compassionate adults are not in their best interest and POWER. We can disagree and voice opinions and come together with better ideas. Pleae💙 VOTE BLUE💙 for your children and granchildren ... their future is in your hands. Freedom or Enslavement ?
I believe the American people have the right to know how much of our tax dollars have been spent so far on these shame hearings.
Maybe they should let people finish their sentences !!
It's 100% unrelated to the topic, but how is spelling folks with an x being gender-inclusive? Folks isn't a gendered term in the first place.
I asked that too.
I agree. It's already genderless and includes anyone and everyone. If someone feels excluded that's something they should discuss with a therapist.
I don’t know why they would care either way. Apparently it’s a student group that chose that spelling and makes the question irrelevant. Might as well start complaining about ads that misspell words. 🤷🏼♀️
@@beverly719@beverly719 I dunno; I honestly thought it was just some random thing someone did, and the media added the whole gender thing, or it could be Indian or something; Indian-English treats the word differently, I think.
As Dr. Shafik and our host pointed out, we need to collectively define that line. Everyone is talking but this concept is at the core of solid policies and laws going forward.
There is no line, and it should remain that way. Whatever you think, you should be free to convey that point, whatever it may be .
So I can verbally abuse and disrespect you all I want as long as I make my point?
@@jaysong5500 No you are simply too stupid to grasp this.
It dates back further than McCarthyism. There's a reason why so many academics fled Germany, Austria, Poland, etc... This is literally one of the early chapters of "Blatant Fascism for Dummies, with added illustrations for Marge and Donny".
Is this a Republican party grasping at air?
What is left of the Republican Party?
The Tea Party weakened the Republican Party enough that MAGA/Trumpism could give it the killing blow.
Trumpians are Republicans in Name Only. They are the RINOs.
Let the Rhino be their new political party animal.
Omggg 🤬 republicans are horrible
I mean if I listened to msm all the time like you I bet I would believe it too. Smh hypocrite
Both parties are horrible.
@@tomgrimardjr530 the problem is you can see the bias in the msm
@@OnlyCowardFascistSilenceSpeech are you saying maga repubs aren't horrible? if that's what you mean, say it.
@@OnlyCowardFascistSilenceSpeech No, the problem is you choose to see bias in anything you don't like.
The look on that man's face. WHY do they assume that everyone shares their religion? Because a whole lot of people do not.
Anti-Woke must mean asleep, right? Like SleepDon??? 😆 😆 😆
Who's the one falling asleep all over the place? Certainly isn't Trump.
P. S. Anti-woke means you have common sense and don't think normal people are the devil
The GOP know that ignorant and selfish people vote for them, so that is why they want to route out knowledge and empathy.
Ignorant and selfish? Wrong.
@@blackleague212 Your evidence notwithstanding ?
@@ericplumhoff9208 the " GOP" is an idea, just like the democratic party.
It's a philosophy sir
Now explain to me how a " philosophy" can be ignorant and selfish, AND be self evident that other people participate in this philosophy.
You people disappoint me to no end, you don't even know or comprehend the things You're actually reading.
@@blackleague212 You disappoint all of us too with your horrendous rhetorical skills and complete lack of awareness of your blatant hypocrisy . If you don't want be laughed at start your nonsense with "well my pet theory about x is..."
@@blackleague212 We are ALL disappointed with you as well. Your rhetorical skills are atrocious, and you're too stupid to see your blatant hypocrisy .
All the university presidents they’ve hauled in for interrogation are women. Just a coincidence, I’m sure 🤦♀️
It actually might be. Considering how overrepresented women are in academia. Most of the people graduating from college are women. A good deal of men go into the trades or do other stuff. But a lot of professions predominantly dominated by women require education such as nursing teaching Business
I was thinking the same thing. Misogyny is real. Republicans don't like smart, powerful women. VOTE BLUE IN NOVEMBER!!
@@smokedbeefandcheese4144 Retired professor here - it was exceptionally rare for me to see a woman in a top-tier position in academia. Not that there weren't SOME, but I guarantee that there are far more male university presidents than female, and what did we see from this committee?
@@smokedbeefandcheese4144Women aren't "over-represented" in academia by any means. Taking up 52% of the space just means we are taking up our full space.
@@smokedbeefandcheese4144 women make up 51% of the adult population. How are they over represented?
They light the fire then show up tryna be the fireman. The call is coming from inside the house.
Apt analogy.
*Moscow Agents Governing America*
BINGO 🎯‼️💯
This keeps growing😅. Make Acountabilty Great Again, More Attorneys Getting Arrested and Make Attorneys Get Attorneys😂.
Do you still wear a helmet?
@@aftisafterme9736 Do you still ride the short bus?
Joe Biden’s foreign policy: Make China great again!
That nasty, bitter, shriveled creepy woman gives me the shivers.
MTG’s MeeMaw.
PROTESTING AGAINST GENOCIDE ,BABY KILLING ,STEALING OF OTHER PEOPLE'S LAND IS NOT "ANTISEMITIC"!
Yes, there’s a huge difference between antisemitism and anti Netanyahu. I am TOTALLY anti Trump and the cronies who profit from him. That doesn’t mean I’m anti American
Hey mother nature , you take good people all the time..... Virginia Fox, Chuck Grassley............ just saying
Virginia Fox; the grandmother of Marjorie Taylor Green. 😮
Both of these people are so old they have no idea what the majority of the country actually thinks and they DON'T care. Resign Grassley. Retire old hag
The Gone Orange Party gives the impression of puffed up egos sitting on pedestals, and judging everybody who is not in their camp as lacking. They have forgotten that they are human.🙄
They have lost their humanity to Donald Trump.
Work is being awake and aware of the situation and world around you. I'm woke, I don't mind being called woke. It's much better than following the herd, chanting slogans, wearing the same outfits, believing the lies that are told you even though the facts are obviously in front of you. It's much better to be woke but it is to be a republican voter, someone who willingly closes their eyes to the danger around them..... like sheep.
I love listening to Alex Wagner
A ton of wisdom presented by Jelani Cobb. I love Alex for her passion and probing questions to try to get her viewers to clearly understand the implications of her reporting. Her energy pulls you in.
The problem with the GOP reps is that they’re all ignoramuses with a petty and poorly planned out agenda who just look like exactly what they are when they confront people who are actually intelligent. I mean Moscow-Marge sits on the same committee as Raskin…. Says it all about how shallow the OGOP well is!
So basically you prefer following a more coordinated agenda a well planned agenda if you will? An agenda the main stream media is behind? An agenda Hollywood is behind and the likes of Jimmy Kimmel and Trevor Noah? Oh ain't they so cute and funny and to boot they make fun of that orange bad man!
What ‘culture of wokeism’? Woke: I know something and respond. Unwoke: I don’t know much and don’t care.
She literally asked how to not violate the Constitutional Rights of students and it fell on deaf ears.
"A disingenuous caricature"
Summing up most of the mass media, social media culture, and our current politics in a single phrase. It's like watching surrealist horror. It would be funny if it wasnt so terrifying.
Rep. Rick Allen is presupposing the truth about what is written in Genesis 🤢 wow😵
Anyone who looks to the bible for TRUTH is already lost.
Yes, I remember all the woke students marching and shouting ‘the Jews will not replace us!’ …oh..no, wait…
God i hate politicians
So from what I understand "wokism" is supporting DEI. So how is advocating for Jewish students not woke?
The old broiler got out before they ironed her again..😅😅😅
The old broiler?
@@kennethrushe9775 The one in the thumbnail...
@@gregorchard7881 Virginia Fox from Virginia. She's nasty af. I hope she loses her election.
The "SHUT UP!" witch.
Great job Republicans, I'm sure this will make people forget all about your abortion bans, book bans, enabling of a wannabe dictator and attempts to subvert democracy.
Why are they only women they're attacking?
You noticed that too? Start with a Black woman or two, get them fired, move on to white woman. Super subtle.
Ms. Shafik - I LOVED how the doctor answered the questions. She is sooo bright. I commend her for her spirit.
This mess is on Congress MAGA.
Guess he didn’t get the answer he was hoping for
What is this fixation republicans have with this issue?
I’m really tired of journalists not taking this to task there’s a separation of church and state
What right has Congress to summon university leaders? It seems that the federal legislature has far-reaching remits, well beyond that of other western-style legislatures.
It’s so annoying how they act like colleges are so against them. I’m a masters student at a university in California and one of our first assignments was examining how Barack Obama misquoted a statistic. And on one of our research papers one group member called out the other because in his section he avoided certain things about one ethnicity while not hesitating to call out white culture and he just said hey racism is racism and the whole group agreed. Like literally everyone is there to learn and it’s a very open environment. But republicans seem to hate that and not want their voters to get educated.
What does spelling "Folks" with an "X" even have to do with inclusiveness?
It's what people of that demographic prefer. It takes so little to just do it. And the arguments against it sound EXACTLY like the arguments I heard against saying "African-American" instead of "colored" in the 70s and 80s.
What if I told you not everyone believes in your particular sky daddy?
Why would she know how many republicans are on staff? Do they have to hire a certain percentage of various political parties? Do they have to wear a budge of some sort so everyone knows their political beliefs? I thought that those employed by a university was to facilitate a higher education for future jobs. What's next? Finding out the political beliefs of the authors of math books, science books ect?
It was funny to watch Mike Johnson get so heckled. Like a lot of the GOP, they won't condone free speech if they don't like that speech. One rule for thee, another for me.
You're wrong David, that woman is like my mom was,"set in her ways" as she approached dementia. 😢
What I would like to know is how anyone can criticise the actions of the government of Israel and the religious communities that back them without it being shut down with any rhetoric branded antisemitism or antizionist. Effectively stopping any discussion about the issues related to the Palestinian people, the occupied territories, and the west bank, not to mention the atrocities committed in the name of revenge against the innocent people of Gaza. I continue to ask myself how a nation created from the survivors of that horrible holocaust has devolved into the same kind of heartless oppressors.
scotus has SHOWN CLEARLY precedent does NOT get in the way.
What happened in the Democrat majority run senate Today is the worst thing that has happened to any government Branch in 248 years of its history.
That old woman if painted green is a dead ringer for the Wicked Witch of the West in the Wizard of Oz. Maybe a bucket of water...?
It is ok for them and their leader (Trump) can say whatever they want. Trump entertains people like Orbon, K West and the like.Greene has said many antisemitic things all the time.
im confused why they even show up to this bs
Shameful.
This is what happens when intelligent conversation meets the Shock Jocks Republicans keep voting into Office...
You can either think clearly or believe in religion. You can't do both.
Keep your Bible out of my government. Please. Peace and Love.
Jelani is the man
Virginia Foxx should be voted out of office....
How is spelling folks as folx more inclusive? That makes zero sense at all.
Even hate speech is free speech.🤷
Back in the last century, when I attended college, I wrote a paper about the impact of the Cultural Revolution in Iran on institutions of higher learning with a focus on it's effects on female academics... This whole thing we're living now, not just the targeting of the universities, but the infiltration of religious extremism into every aspect of our society, the attacks on women's rights, the threat to our way of life, our very freedom, all of it, it feels like a sort of horrible deja vu.
Beware of evil grandma
Ha ha ha!! This is only 10 hours old and it has already NOT aged well.
Waste of taxpayer $$$
I LOVE love love that she could tell him a list of Republicans.😅
The Republicans will make an issue about anything, but are not concerned about a
criminal ex president and criminal MAGA. Nor are they interested in doing anything
to help the US citizens, only throwing crap at innocent people, hoping it will stick.
"Broomhielda" needs to seek mental health care!
They are the arsonists pretending to be firemen.
That old lady reminds me of the mayors wife in that movie the color purple lol!!!!!
No this is not about affirmative action!
Encouraging them to throw bible at you is BS. Should demand staying in the real world.
I see several people questioning the word "folx". Merriam-Webster says the spelling is specifically to signal the inclusion of traditionally excluded groups, and the first known use was in 1833. Now you know.
Speaking out against the Netanyahu government and the extreme and violent right wing factions is NOT "anti-semitism".
A very professional segment, intelligence at it’s best.
Jesus! (Oh, is that an anti-Christian exclamation, or an anti-Semitic exclamation, or an anti-religion exclamation, or a simple exclamation of disgust?)
Maybe US-Universities need a Republican-quote. They once more feel as a neglected minority seeking for help.
The poor billionairs whining for more influence over the people!
Can anyone understand, why somebody can be unhappy, while owning to much?
The thing with most institutions of higher learning being liberal is that it has been proven the better educated you are the more likely you are to be of the progressive mindset.
why do people keep harping about about Anti-Semitism ? definition of Semite : "a member of any of the peoples who speak or spoke a Semitic language, including in particular the Jews and Arabs."
It is the manner in which they protest not the thing they protest. It looks like Israel has made a big mistake.