Dem senator takes aim at Trump's viewpoint diversity policy, calls it 'micromanaging' colleges

Education Sec. Linda McMahon defended President Donald Trump's efforts to betterment Harvard University during a Tuesday proceeding connected Capitol Hill.

McMahon appeared earlier the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee and faced lengthy disapproval from Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., implicit the administration's actions against Harvard.

Murphy began by arguing the Trump administration's instructions to Harvard were contradictory.

"You told [Harvard] that they had to extremity each of their diverseness programs, but past that they had to institute viewpoint diversity," Murphy said. "That doesn't marque sense."

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Education Sec. Linda McMahon and Sen. Chris Murphy. (Getty Images) (Getty images)

"How bash you archer them to extremity each their diverseness programs…while instituting viewpoint diversity?" helium asked.

"No, the diverseness programs we've asked and demanded to beryllium eliminated were the DEI, wherever those programs were really pitting 1 radical against another," McMahon responded.

"Isn't viewpoint diverseness a diverseness program?" Murphy pressed.

"Viewpoint diverseness is an speech of ideas," McMahon retorted. "Now here, due to the fact that Harvard lone has 3%, by its ain numbers, blimpish faculty. Do you deliberation they are allowing capable viewpoint diversity?"

Donald Trump has targeted Harvard by freezing their national backing arsenic the administration, and Harvard has sued the Trump medication successful response. (Getty Images | iStock)

Murphy past shifted to the authorization underpinning the Trump administration's effort, demanding to cognize what stature allowed them to "micromanage" Harvard's policies.

"The statute is Title VI," McMahon says aft a fig of confused exchanges. "That is wherefore we filed a lawsuit and defunded, oregon stopped the backing for a while, for Harvard arsenic good arsenic we did Columbia."

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"I don't recognize immoderate conception of civilian rights instrumentality to springiness you the authorization to micromanage viewpoint diverseness connected campus. That's not authorized nether the civilian rights rubric provided to you by the United States Congress," Murphy said, closing retired his questioning.

The Trump medication is seeking to cancel immoderate $100 cardinal successful contracts with Harvard. (Photo by Michael Fein/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

The Trump medication is threatening to propulsion each national funds from Harvard, amounting to a staggering $100 cardinal successful contracts, if it does not comply with the administration's reforms.

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So far, Harvard has remained resistant.