Fetterman Removes Harvard Crimson Hood Because of ‘Inability to Stand up for the Jewish Community’

TRANSCRIPT:

FETTERMAN: "I was putting together my speech, and I started to reflect the way probably you do. And I was reflecting and I was like, well, when was my last graduation? That was literally a quarter century ago, 25 years ago. I was graduation from Harvard University. But — but — but today, but today, I have been profoundly disappointed the way Harvard's inability to stand up for the Jewish community after October 7.

(Cheering and Applause)

And for me personally, I do not fundamentally believe that it's right for me to wear this today."

(Cheering and Applause)