{"id":54600,"date":"2024-04-24T11:53:11","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T15:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=54600"},"modified":"2024-04-24T11:53:11","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T15:53:11","slug":"money-talks-we-need-more-of-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=54600","title":{"rendered":"Money Talks&#8211;We Need More Of This"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/sports\/2024\/04\/22\/robert-kraft-ends-donations-columbia-due-antisemitic-violence-no-longer-institution-i-recognize\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Breitbart<\/a> reported that Robert Kraft, the owner of the New England Patriots, will end his donations to Columbia University due to the violence against Jews.<\/p>\n<p>The article reports:<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The billionaire NFL owner\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/patriots-robert-kraft-pulls-support-columbia-university-antisemitic-violence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">noted<\/a>\u00a0that he is thankful that Columbia helped him start his adult life with the opportunities it offered him so many years ago. Still, now the university is \u201cno longer an institution\u201d he recognizes, Fox News reported.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u201cIt was through the full academic scholarship Columbia gave me that I was able to attend college and get my start in life, and for that, I have been tremendously grateful. However, the school I love so much \u2013 the one that welcomed me and provided me with so much opportunity \u2013 is no longer an institution I recognize,\u201d he wrote in a statement released Monday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Kraft added, \u201cI am deeply saddened at the virulent hate that continues to grow on campus and throughout our country. I am no longer confident that Columbia can protect its students and staff, and I am not comfortable supporting the university until corrective action is taken.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The article concludes:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>On Sunday, the White House issued a statement in response to the ongoing anti-Israel protests and encampment taking place at Columbia, describing them as being \u201cAntisemitic, unconscionable, and dangerous.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>White House Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates issued a statement acknowledging that American citizens have the \u201cright to peaceful protest\u201d while adding that \u201ccalls for violence and physical intimidation\u201d against the Jewish community are unacceptable.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Where are the protests for the people who have been held hostage or killed by Hamas since October 7th?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, Breitbart reported that Robert Kraft, the owner of the New England Patriots, will end his donations to Columbia University due to the violence against Jews. The article reports: The billionaire NFL owner\u00a0noted\u00a0that he is thankful that Columbia helped &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=54600\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10025,10348,6252,2253,86,328,8680,17116,12769,1602,10728],"class_list":["post-54600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-american-citizens","tag-breitbart","tag-breitbart-com","tag-columbia-university","tag-israel","tag-jews","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-october-7","tag-protests","tag-robert-kraft","tag-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54600"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54601,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54600\/revisions\/54601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}