McConnell: Colleges ‘Need to Get Control’ of Antisemitism

College administrators need to take control of their campus activists take the freedom of speech into antisemitic hate speech that could prove dangerous, according to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., on Sunday.

“The First Amendment is important, but it doesn’t give you the ability to claim there’s a fire going on in a theater, because it threatens everyone else,” McConnell told CBS News’ “Face the Nation.”

“What needs to happen, at least at the beginning, is these university presidents need to get control of the situation, allow free speech and push back against antisemitism.

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McConnell: Colleges ‘Need to Get Control’ of Antisemitism

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