UPenn’s President Tries to Justify Not Firing Faculty Who Have Openly Expressed Anti-Semitic Viewpoints

BANKS Ms Magill just ░░░░░░░░ before the October 7 ░░░░░░░░ attacks against Israel Penn ░░░░░░░░ a Palestine Rights Literature ░░░░░░░░ The event featured Marc ░░░░░░░░ Hill who was fired ░░░░░░░░ CNN for calling for ░░░░░░░░ destruction of Israel It ░░░░░░░░ hosted and included a ░░░░░░░░ of the Palestinian Youth ░░░░░░░░ which has collaborated with ░░░░░░░░ Israel terrorists and maybe ░░░░░░░░ notably Roger Waters the ░░░░░░░░ wacky former Pink Floyd ░░░░░░░░ The same Roger Waters ░░░░░░░░ the way who s ░░░░░░░░ used anti Jewish slurs ░░░░░░░░ the memory of Anne ░░░░░░░░ and has dressed up ░░░░░░░░ a Nazi and floated ░░░░░░░░ pig balloon with the ░░░░░░░░ of David at most ░░░░░░░░ many of his concerts ░░░░░░░░ in the world would ░░░░░░░░ host someone like that ░░░░░░░░ your college campus to ░░░░░░░░ at the so called ░░░░░░░░ Rights Literature Festival MAGILL ░░░░░░░░ appreciate the opportunity to ░░░░░░░░ this anti Semitism has ░░░░░░░░ place at Penn BANKS ░░░░░░░░ would you invite why ░░░░░░░░ you invite why did ░░░░░░░░ invite Roger Waters What ░░░░░░░░ you think you would ░░░░░░░░ out of him MAGILL ░░░░░░░░ Semitism has no place ░░░░░░░░ Penn and our free ░░░░░░░░ policies are guided by ░░░░░░░░ United States Constitution BANKS ░░░░░░░░ did you invite Roger ░░░░░░░░ And do you condemn ░░░░░░░░ anti Semitism does not ░░░░░░░░ a place at Penn ░░░░░░░░ Do you condemn what ░░░░░░░░ Waters stands for MAGILL ░░░░░░░░ prior to the event ░░░░░░░░ issued a statement calling ░░░░░░░░ the anti Semitism of ░░░░░░░░ of the speakers at ░░░░░░░░ conference BANKS Specifically Roger ░░░░░░░░ Yes or no MAGILL ░░░░░░░░ Waters is among them ░░░░░░░░ So you specifically called ░░░░░░░░ a guy who floated ░░░░░░░░ balloons with the Star ░░░░░░░░ David at his concerts ░░░░░░░░ I called out the ░░░░░░░░ I haven t seen ░░░░░░░░ condemnation I m going ░░░░░░░░ go look for it ░░░░░░░░ this hearing I hope ░░░░░░░░ hope I can find ░░░░░░░░ well recorded condemnation from ░░░░░░░░ MAGILL I did call ░░░░░░░░ the anti Semitism of ░░░░░░░░ of the speakers at ░░░░░░░░ conference that had more ░░░░░░░░ a hundred people BANKS ░░░░░░░░ the aftermath of the ░░░░░░░░ Rights Festival you and ░░░░░░░░ board chairman wrote a ░░░░░░░░ outlining Penn s free ░░░░░░░░ policies You said Penn ░░░░░░░░ not regulate the content ░░░░░░░░ speech or symbolic behavior ░░░░░░░░ wrote including speech incompatible ░░░░░░░░ the school s values ░░░░░░░░ went on to say ░░░░░░░░ Penn does not have ░░░░░░░░ policy against hate speech ░░░░░░░░ defining and policing robust ░░░░░░░░ even with respect to ░░░░░░░░ most disturbing issues is ░░░░░░░░ That s what you ░░░░░░░░ But in 2013 Penn ░░░░░░░░ now Prime Minister Modi ░░░░░░░░ scheduled keynote address at ░░░░░░░░ Wharton hosted economic forum ░░░░░░░░ the face of opposition ░░░░░░░░ Indian American professors And ░░░░░░░░ the past year your ░░░░░░░░ has sought to punish ░░░░░░░░ Wax a tenured law ░░░░░░░░ for her stance on ░░░░░░░░ and identity issues And ░░░░░░░░ you cancelled an event ░░░░░░░░ former ICE director Tom ░░░░░░░░ due to disruptive student ░░░░░░░░ simply because he worked ░░░░░░░░ former President Donald Trump ░░░░░░░░ Magill the fact is ░░░░░░░░ Penn regulates speech that ░░░░░░░░ doesn t like Everyone ░░░░░░░░ this no one more ░░░░░░░░ the faculty and students ░░░░░░░░ know exactly where the ░░░░░░░░ are that they re ░░░░░░░░ to cross Why why ░░░░░░░░ Penn let Professor Ahmad ░░░░░░░░ off the hook who ░░░░░░░░ hundreds of students in ░░░░░░░░ there s only one ░░░░░░░░ intifada revolution Why does ░░░░░░░░ professor still have a ░░░░░░░░ at your university MAGILL ░░░░░░░░ our approach to speech ░░░░░░░░ as I identified it ░░░░░░░░ follows and is guided ░░░░░░░░ the United States Constitution ░░░░░░░░ allows for robust perspectives ░░░░░░░░ disagree with the characterization ░░░░░░░░ we treat speech differently ░░░░░░░░ I can t discuss ░░░░░░░░ individual disciplinary procedure BANKS ░░░░░░░░ same goes for Penn ░░░░░░░░ Anne Norton who s ░░░░░░░░ denied Hamas worst atrocities ░░░░░░░░ October 7 Or how ░░░░░░░░ Huda Fakhreddine who romanticized ░░░░░░░░ murder of over a ░░░░░░░░ Israeli Jews as Palestine ░░░░░░░░ a new way of ░░░░░░░░ and clapped as a ░░░░░░░░ said Jews should go ░░░░░░░░ to Berlin and Moscow ░░░░░░░░ does that professor still ░░░░░░░░ a job at your ░░░░░░░░ MAGILL I m very ░░░░░░░░ by what you re ░░░░░░░░ Congressman that kind of ░░░░░░░░ s BANKS You re ░░░░░░░░ out of both sides ░░░░░░░░ your mouth you re ░░░░░░░░ it You allow these ░░░░░░░░ to teach at your ░░░░░░░░ You create a safe ░░░░░░░░ for this type of ░░░░░░░░ Semitic behavior You said ░░░░░░░░ earlier about anti Semitism ░░░░░░░░ symbolic of the larger ░░░░░░░░ Your university is a ░░░░░░░░ of it and one ░░░░░░░░ the reasons that we ░░░░░░░░ seeing a rise of ░░░░░░░░ Semitism an unsafe environment ░░░░░░░░ Jewish college students all ░░░░░░░░ this country you re ░░░░░░░░ responsible for it With ░░░░░░░░ Madam Chair I yield ░░░░░░░░