Representative Elise Stefanik leaned into the microphone and volleyed a series of questions at the university president sitting in front of her.
It was about three hours into a congressional hearing examining antisemitism at Columbia University, and the president, Nemat Shafik, paused, sighed and gave a nervous laugh.
“I think that would be — I think, I would, yes.
Republican lawmakers on the House Committee on Education and the Work Force had come ready to pounce.
They tested for weaknesses and prodded vulnerabilities, while their witnesses, a group of Columbia leaders, seemed conciliatory.
Persons:
Elise Stefanik, Nemat Shafik, sighed, Stefanik, Shafik, “, ”
Organizations:
Columbia University, Republican, Education, Work Force, Columbia