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Harvard vs. Trump: students ask not to let the president's associates into the institution

Harvard University students have created a petition asking to ban current and former employees of the administration of US President Donald Trump from speaking, attending or teaching at the university. The administration did not receive such a demand very well. Edition Dailymail figured out the situation.

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The document initially proposed a complete ban on Trump administration officials from speaking, teaching or visiting the university, but now calls on such officials to "take responsibility" for their actions before serving in those roles.

“Several other conservative students and I emphasized that we cannot target all Republicans with petitions,” student Carter Estes said.

He added that the university has hosted "several controversial guests over the years," and any evaluative principles should "apply to all speakers, not just Trump's appointees."

Despite opposition from some schools at the university, the revised petition was reportedly approved by students at Harvard Medical School and the School of Divinity.

It's unclear how many people signed the petition, according to Harvard Crimson.

The petition comes at a time when universities in the United States are grappling with the conflicting expectations of those who want these learning centers to be “safe spaces” and those who argue that encouraging debate and different perspectives is a core function. universities.

Harvard said it was aware of the petition but did not comment.

For the petition to take effect, the student councils of each university school must vote to accept it.

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It will then be sent to the school administrators, who will make the final decision on whether to change the university's policy based on the petition.

Alan Dershowitz, emeritus professor of law at Harvard Law School, called the petition "new McCarthyism." A lawyer who was part of President Donald Trump's legal team during the Senate impeachment trial said he would "challenge any ban."

The lawyer added that if the petition is approved, he will volunteer to represent any Trump official wishing to visit the Harvard campus.

Dershowitz has defended a number of prominent clients, including convicted sex offenders Jeffrey Epstein.

White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnani, a Harvard Law School graduate, said she hoped the administration would reject the petition.

“Academic communities should be the bastions of free speech. I would happily return to campus and challenge the petition, ”she said.

Nebraska Republican Senator Ben Sass echoed McEnani's comments and said, “Not only should universities not be afraid of free and open debate, they should welcome it. The whole point of learning is to hear different ideas. "

Sass, who was once president of the University of Midlands, compared the students behind the petition to "ideological extremists" who "don't want to listen to their opponents," and called this behavior "cowardly."

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“Many principled liberal professors are adults who know that healthy institutions do not succumb to tantrums,” he said.

Criticism

A former spokesman for Barack Obama's presidential campaign has long pushed the idea of ​​blacklisting allies and employees of President Trump's administration. By this, he only provoked criticism in his direction, since President-elect Joe Biden called for unity and mutual understanding, writes New York Post.

Hari Sevugan, a former press secretary for the Democratic National Committee, also tweeted about the project to harass Trump's associates.

“White House employees are starting to look for work. Employers considering them should be aware that there are ramifications of hiring anyone who helped Trump attack American values ​​- posted by Sevugan... “Learn how to do this on the Trump Accountability Project website.”

On the Online there is a photo of Trump and White House staff with the caption "Remember what they did."

"We must never forget those who promoted Trump's ideas," the website says.

The site defines as targets “those who elected him”, “those who staffed his government” and “those who financed it”.

It is not clear on the site who is behind the project and this idea.

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Despite a fierce White House race, Biden held out an olive branch to the more than 71 million people who voted for Trump and urged his supporters to do the same, while promising to become president of all Americans.

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