{"id":67791,"date":"2020-09-16T02:50:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T23:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/columbia-university-president-criticized-for-veiled-attack-on-trump\/"},"modified":"2020-09-17T21:04:59","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T18:04:59","slug":"columbia-university-president-criticized-for-veiled-attack-on-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/columbia-university-president-criticized-for-veiled-attack-on-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"#Columbia University president criticized for \u2018veiled attack\u2019 on Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Columbia University president criticized for \u2018veiled attack\u2019 on Trump<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-wrapper\" role=\"main\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>        September 15, 2020 <span>|<\/span> 7:50pm            <\/p>\n<div>\n                        The head of the New York State Republican Party accused Columbia University president Lee Bollinger of taking a veiled swipe at President Trump in a welcome back email message sent to students to start the fall semester.<\/p>\n<p>Toward the end of the Sept. 4 statement, Bollinger, a registered Democrat according to Board of Election records, emphasizes that the tax-exempt university doesn\u2019t take sides in elections or political controversies.<\/p>\n<p>But Bollinger then lets it rip.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI cannot close without expressing a larger concern about the wellbeing of America\u2019s constitutional democracy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have said many times over the past several years that, while the University takes no position on political issues, no matter how serious or even grave, a university cannot survive in a society that does not take seriously the basic elements of civic life\u2014respect for truth, respect for reason as a means to truth, and the embrace of a foundational principle of human equality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn those, we have as much at stake as anyone and can, indeed must, devote our resources to their preservation. So, one priority we have as an institution is to assist students with voting, no matter where they are located in the United States or beyond, and you will be hearing more about this issue in the coming weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>State GOP chairman NIck Langworthy said Bollinger\u2019s statement was a slickly worded dog whistle attack aimed at Trump \u2014 using lines that partisan Democrats often use claiming the president repeatedly lies or disregards the truth.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16301488\"><img alt=\"Donald Trump\" data- data- height=\"441\" width=\"661\"><\/img><figcaption><span>Donald Trump<\/span><span>UPI<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cFor a so-called top university, this is a poor attempt at trying to veil an attack against the President,\u201d Langworthy said. \u201cSadly, it\u2019s just another example of the indoctrination and group think that is rotting our higher education systems from the inside out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bollinger declined requests for comment about GOP criticism of his statement to students.<\/p>\n<p>Columbia has provided a welcoming mat for autocratic and anti-democratic figures to speak on campus \u2014 including the Jew-hating former president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Bollinger did slam Ahmadinejad as a \u201cpetty and cruel dictator\u201d during the 2007 event.<\/p>\n<p>Colleges and universities have to be careful to steer clear of politics to preserve their special tax-exempt status.<\/p>\n<p>The US Senate has investigated universities in the past for among other things, financial arrangements involving former top White House officials.\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>if you want to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">watch Movies<\/a> or Tv Shows go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/dizi.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dizi.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a> <\/span> for forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">General category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/09\/15\/columbia-university-president-slammed-for-attack-on-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#Columbia University president criticized for \u2018veiled attack\u2019 on Trump&#8221; September 15, 2020 | 7:50pm The head of the New York State Republican Party accused Columbia University president Lee Bollinger of taking a veiled swipe at President Trump in a welcome back email message sent to students to start the fall semester. 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