Penn Board Holds ‘Emergency Meeting’ After Gov Shapiro Blasts Penn Prez’s ‘Absolutely Shameful’ Comments | Eastern NC Now

    Publisher's Note: This post appears here courtesy of the The Daily Wire. The author of this post is Virginia Kruta.

    University of Pennsylvania's Board of Trustees held an "emergency meeting" on Thursday - just one day after Governor Josh Shapiro (D-PA) blasted Penn President Elizabeth Magill over her "absolutely shameful" comments on Capitol Hill.

    According to a report published Thursday by CNN, the board met virtually after being called to convene on Wednesday, just hours after Shapiro weighed in on Magill's testimony regarding anti-Semitism on her campus.

    Magill became the subject of intense scrutiny following her answers to questions from Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) over whether or not students calling for the genocide of Jews were in violation of Penn's code of conduct with regard to harassment and bullying. Magill said that such speech was not punished at Penn unless it "turns into conduct," and argued that "context" was necessary.

    Shapiro was not impressed by Magill's comments, telling Jewish Insider, "The simple answer is yes, that violates our policy."

    "Leaders have a responsibility to speak and act with moral clarity, and Liz Magill failed to meet that simple test. That was an unacceptable statement from the president of Penn," Shapiro continued. "Frankly, I thought her comments were absolutely shameful. It should not be hard to condemn genocide."

    Shapiro went on to say that he had spoken to Magill in the weeks since the October 7 massacre - and that he had made specific suggestions and recommendations regarding steps the school could take to make sure that Jewish students felt safer.

    "They have seemingly failed every step of the way to take concrete action to make sure all students feel safe on campus. And then the testimony yesterday took it to the next level," Shapiro added.

    He called for the university's board of trustees to convene, saying that he believed it was necessary to explore whether Magill accurately "represents the views and values of the University of Pennsylvania," but adding that he was prepared to wait for the board to take action.

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A majority of Americans still believe in OUR 1st Amendment guaranteed Freedom of Speech; however, at what bold point does the constitutional right to Free Speech becomes unabashed anti-Semitic Hate Speech, and while it should possibly be tolerated on our college campuses, and on the streets of mostly Sanctuary Cities, these events should be rightfully observed and scrupulously monitored ... or, not? What is your true opinion of when too much of enough is just too much, or not?

  The answer to Free Speech I don't agree with is more, and incredibly robust Free Speech.

  There is a point when Free Speech becomes counter productive to sustaining a peaceful society.

  Free Speech should only be tolerated if it represents the status quo of the highly educated orthodoxy.

  Early in life, I learned to speak only when I am spoken to.

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