If Democrats don’t handle campus antisemitism, Trump will

Published September 17, 2025 2:38pm ET



There has been more backlash from California Democrats toward universities for participating in Trump administration investigations of campus antisemitism than for rampant antisemitism on campus.

The University of California, Berkeley, has turned over several documents to the Trump administration as part of the antisemitism inquiry. Those records included the names of 160 students and staff members, which were sent to the Education Department so that it could examine how the university “handles complaints involving alleged incidents of antisemitism and/or discrimination.”

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