Whelan: Stefanik Distorts Harvard Message – All Otsego

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Letter from Mary Anne Whelan

Stefanik Distorts Harvard Message

In her weekly update to constituents, our Congressional Representative Elise Stefanik proudly presents her efforts to have the president of Harvard, Claudine Gay, recalled from her presidency on the basis of alleged antisemitism. This is based on Gay’s statement to Stefanik concerning the importance of context in free speech. But here is the message that Gay sent out to the university, its students, graduates and officers on October 12, 2023:






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