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Ali Vitali: Trump Is Trying To Make Harvard One of His Enemies, Given the Fact That He Doesn’t Have an Obvious Dem Rival Right Now
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MSNBC / MS NOW

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Morning Joe

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Matt Lewis
, Ali Vitali

Name: Matt Lewis
Employment: The Daily Beast
Position: Senior Contributor

Name: Ali Vitali
Employment: MSNBC
Position: Campaign Embed for Decision 2016
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05/23/2025 05:34 am
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VITALI Matt it strikes ░░░░░░░░ and I think we ░░░░░░░░ know this Trump always ░░░░░░░░ a foil It strikes ░░░░░░░░ that he might be ░░░░░░░░ to make Harvard one ░░░░░░░░ them given the fact ░░░░░░░░ he doesn t have ░░░░░░░░ obvious Democratic rival right ░░░░░░░░ Is that what this ░░░░░░░░ like to you What ░░░░░░░░ behind this assault on ░░░░░░░░ education from the administration ░░░░░░░░ if we re applying ░░░░░░░░ tests of is this ░░░░░░░░ is this not in ░░░░░░░░ way that we were ░░░░░░░░ about the reconciliation bill ░░░░░░░░ do you make of ░░░░░░░░ piece the way that ░░░░░░░░ administration is going after ░░░░░░░░ League schools like Harvard ░░░░░░░░ Right Well I would ░░░░░░░░ long before Trump you ░░░░░░░░ there was a sense ░░░░░░░░ conservatives that the commanding ░░░░░░░░ of culture were dominated ░░░░░░░░ liberals progressives and by ░░░░░░░░ left and that culture ░░░░░░░░ more important than politics ░░░░░░░░ therefore if the left ░░░░░░░░ driving academia if the ░░░░░░░░ is driving Hollywood the ░░░░░░░░ we watch the music ░░░░░░░░ listen to the things ░░░░░░░░ children young people are ░░░░░░░░ then eventually this long ░░░░░░░░ they win right Because ░░░░░░░░ s how you take ░░░░░░░░ You take over the ░░░░░░░░ first and then eventually ░░░░░░░░ have the elites everybody ░░░░░░░░ falls into play That ░░░░░░░░ sort of what mainstream ░░░░░░░░ have long feared I ░░░░░░░░ with Donald Trump there ░░░░░░░░ an added aspect to ░░░░░░░░ which is he likes ░░░░░░░░ pick his enemies and ░░░░░░░░ he wants to do ░░░░░░░░ pick people that are ░░░░░░░░ in the populist sense ░░░░░░░░ so going after immigrants ░░░░░░░░ easy marks for Donald ░░░░░░░░ Going after the pointy ░░░░░░░░ you know academia on ░░░░░░░░ campuses there s not ░░░░░░░░ lot of defenders for ░░░░░░░░ people You know if ░░░░░░░░ go to the average ░░░░░░░░ at a diner they ░░░░░░░░ not too worried about ░░░░░░░░ foreign student at Harvard ░░░░░░░░ I mean it s ░░░░░░░░ like tailor made to ░░░░░░░░ them and to villainize ░░░░░░░░ But of course as ░░░░░░░░ has pointed out one ░░░░░░░░ America s big secret ░░░░░░░░ actually is the fact ░░░░░░░░ we are a magnet ░░░░░░░░ brilliant people to come ░░░░░░░░ and to give us ░░░░░░░░ discoveries and inventions And ░░░░░░░░ we are seeing is ░░░░░░░░ is coming to an ░░░░░░░░ And I think that ░░░░░░░░ s not gonna happen ░░░░░░░░ but there will be ░░░░░░░░ serious long term implications ░░░░░░░░ it does happen.”
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