Columbia’s ‘ultra-liberal’ board is packed with Dems who have donated millions to lefty causes
NY Post
Columbia University is failing to clear out the disruptive anti-Israel encampment on campus because its “ultra-liberal” board of trustees is stacked with Democratic apparatchiks and megadonors whose judgement is clouded, critics told The Post.
Among those trusted with governing the Ivy League college are: a billionaire from the prominent Pritzker family; a hedge-funder who has donated well over $4 million to Democratic causes, including $775,000 just this election cycle; President Obama’s former Homeland Security Secretary and a federal judge appointed to the bench by President Clinton.
“It’s no surprise that the board of trustees for a university allowing woke left-wing ideology and antisemitism to fester is made up of Democrat operatives and donors,” Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY) said.
At least six of the board’s 21 trustees have direct ties to the Democratic Party, according to an investigation by The Post, which examined voter registration and political donation records as well as other public documents.
Two trustees, meanwhile, are registered to vote as Republicans.
“It is a board of Democratic supporters. It’s clouding their judgment on what Columbia administration should do,” New York State GOP chairman Ed Cox said.
