Republican says professors who withhold grades to help anti-Israel rebels at UNC-Chapel Hill should be fired Fox News
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Rep.RichardHudson,R-NC,saidprofessorswhowithholdstudents’gradesinashowofsupportforanti-Israelriotersshouldbe“immediately”terminated.
ThecommentcameafterprofessorsatUniversityofNorthCarolinaatChapelHillreportedlyorganizedaprotestwheretheywouldwithholdthefinalgradesofallstudentsunlesstheuniversityreinstatesstudentstheyclaimweresuspendedduringananti-Israeldemonstrationlastweek.
“UNCprofessorsshouldbeprotectingstudentswhoaretargetsofantisemitismandviolence,”HudsontweetedonX.“Theyshouldnotbeprotectingthebigotsandantisemites.Fireanyfacultyorstaffparticipatinginwithholdinggradesimmediately.”
TheUNC-ChapelHillsentalettercautioningprofessorsandfacultymembersagainstwithholdingstudents’finalgradesonTuesday.
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