The “view” of his alma mater has changed.
Meghan McCain is “ashamed” to have attended Columbia University in NYC because of “violent antisemitism,” she told The Post.
“The only thing I can say is that they won’t get a dime from me. I will never do any speaking engagements with them. Columbia can go to hell as far as I’m concerned,” she said from her DC home after the launch of her podcast “Meghan McCain Has Entered the Chat.”
“I mean, the violent antisemitism that happened by the students on campus and then the professor came out saying that he felt ‘invigorated’ by the terrorist attack. It is not something that should be accepted in academia.”
The daughter of the late Senator John McCain – who graduated from the Ivy League school in 2007 – said she would forbid her daughter from following in his educational footsteps.
“My children will not attend an Ivy League school if this is still the culture that is going to happen. . . an indoctrination camp for antisemitism and a place where free speech is terrorism, but beheading babies and raping women is not,” McCain, 38, said.
The mother of two has launched a podcast, “Megan McCain Has Entered the Chat.” studio bryce thompson
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The school refused to fire him, despite a student petition for his removal.
Last week, an Israeli student at Columbia was beaten with a stick on its campus, right outside its main library.
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McCain said his GOP dad has always supported Israel — and his best friend is former Conn. Democratic Sen. Joe Lieberman, who became the first Jewish presidential candidate from a major party.
McCain has spent a lot of time with Joe Lieberman, his father’s best friend, and his family. LightRocket via Getty Images
“I had a very special experience growing up, being able to see what a Jewish family looked like,” he said. “And I never thought it was unique. . . until I joined ‘The View.’”
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Although she says it may sound naive, she first realized how powerful antisemitism was when the co-chairs of the Women’s March, Tamika Mallory, and Bob Bland, were guests on the ABC talk show, which she quit in 2021.
When questioned by McCain and his co-host about Louis Farrakhan, Mallory defended her loyalty to the National of Islam leader.
Meghan McCain and her parents, John and Cindy, at her graduation from Columbia University. The former co-host of “The View” said she witnessed antisemitism when she interviewed the co-founder of the Women’s March. ABC
“I interviewed the leader of the Women’s March, who wouldn’t say that they don’t believe that Jews are termites,” McCain recalled, referring to X Farrakhan’s comments, “I’m not anti-Semitic. I’m anti-Termite.
“It was the first time I said, ‘Anti-Semitism is a living cancer.'”
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