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The viral moment in history\u2019s most-watched Congressional hearing wasn\u2019t planned as a trick question, according to the woman who asked it. In an interview with the Ruthless Podcast<\/a> released on Thursday morning, Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., explained her preparation strategy for the confrontation with three college presidents in the House Committee on Education & the Workforce.<\/p>\n

“The question that went viral was not even my prepared question,” Stefanik said in the interview. “My initial intent was I was going to follow up, expecting them to say yes to what disciplinary action, but I couldn\u2019t even get to that point. It encapsulated so much of the disconnect that the American people feel writ large about how higher education<\/a> has lost its way.”<\/p>\n

The new insights into the hearing emerged in a conversation on Ruthless, focused on the upstate New York congresswoman\u2019s New York Times bestselling book, “Poisoned Ivies: The Inside Account of the Academic and Moral Rot at America\u2019s Elite Universities.”<\/p>\n

Stefanik, who was the youngest woman elected to Congress until Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a>\u2019s 2018 election, gave a behind-the-scenes look at how her questioning has changed in her time as a legislator.<\/p>\n

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“So I\u2019ve learned over time, there\u2019s like the traditional legislative ease that\u2019s given to members, where you have a paragraph-long statement and then ask questions,” the congresswoman first elected to the House in 2014 said. “That\u2019s not the most impactful way. The questions, and I really honed this during the [2020] impeachment hearings<\/a>, ask simple, straightforward questions that are oftentimes the most revealing.”<\/p>\n

The 2023 hearing, which featured the presidents of the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology<\/a>, centered on the rise of antisemitism on college campuses in the aftermath of Hamas\u2019s October 7th attacks on Israel.<\/p>\n

In the hearing, Stefanik went down the line of presidents and asked whether calling for the genocide of Jews violated each school\u2019s code of conduct.<\/p>\n

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When Harvard\u2019s Gay was asked, she\u00a0infamously responded,<\/a> “It depends on the context.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

“One of the things that really caught my attention at that time, that iconic moment was that your questions were very straightforward,” podcast co-host John Ashbrook noted. “It wasn\u2019t like you asked a trick question.”<\/p>\n

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That seemingly basic question would upend higher education. In the weeks following Stefanik\u2019s questioning, both Harvard President\u00a0Claudine Gay<\/a>\u00a0and UPenn President\u00a0Elizabeth Magill<\/a>\u00a0resigned; Gay also was under the cloud of a plagiarism scandal.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Stefanik, a Harvard alum<\/a>, describes the opposing directions of elite schools like Harvard, Columbia University, and UPenn, and institutions like the University of Florida<\/a>, Vanderbilt, and Bari Weiss\u2019s The University of Austin (UTX).\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Not only do you have to hold those schools to account, but you need to support through the marketplace these schools that are doing it differently,” Stefanik said. “That\u2019s why I think you see the success at the Vanderbilts of the world, and the University of Florida, at UTX, which is the University of Austin, founded in 2021.”<\/p>\n

Stefanik served as the Chair of the House Republican Conference. After being nominated to serve as the<\/a> United States\u2019s Ambassador to the United Nations, Stefanik returned to the House and considered a run for governor of New York.<\/p>\n

Josh Holmes, one of the podcast co-hosts, called her one of the smartest people in politics. She is not seeking re-election this cycle but is excited for the next generation of members and their innovative approach to congressional hearings<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“You need to have churn, though,” Stefanik told Holmes. “This is why I think voluntarily choosing to take on another chapter. First of all, it\u2019s what the founders envisioned. It\u2019s something that I strongly support, but we need to see more of that so new voices come to the table. You look at [Rep.] Brandon Gill and some of these new up-and-comers are our bright stars coming up the ranks. There\u2019s a ton of talent.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/not-prepared-question-stefanik-recounts-college-hearing-prep-about-antisemitism-ruthless <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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