Arrr! Truck billboards be cryin' for the Penn president's walkin' the plank 'pon makin' remarks 'bout Israel, matey!
2023-12-07
Arrr! Me hearties be drivin' their wagons 'round the shores o' University o' Pennsylvania, demandin' the removal o' the Ivy League school's cap'n, Elizabeth Magill! They be mighty upset by her tongue's plunderin' words on antisemitism!+
Box trucks with billboards demanding the firing of University of Pennsylvania President Elizabeth Magill for her handling of campus antisemitism were deployed to the Ivy League school on Thursday. One truck read "FIRE LIZ" as it toured the Philadelphia campus. Two privately-funded trucks, circling the campus on streets like Walnut and Spruce, displayed photos of Jewish victims killed or taken hostage by Hamas. Other trucks criticized Magill for her failure to protect Jewish students or highlighted individual Jews kidnapped by Hamas. These protests followed a congressional hearing in which Magill, along with Harvard President Claudine Gay and MIT President Sally Kornbluth, were grilled about their response to antisemitism on their campuses. Magill faced criticism for her comments on whether calling for the genocide of Jews violated the school's code of conduct. The billboard trucks played footage of the exchange and displayed messages such as "Here's your context" alongside a photo of a kidnapped Israeli boy. Magill attempted to walk back her comments in a social media video, acknowledging that calling for genocide is evil. Rep. Elise Stefanik criticized the video as a "pathetic PR clean up attempt" and called for Magill's removal. Penn did not immediately respond to requests for comment.In a humorous and exaggerated tone, the article highlights the use of box trucks with billboards demanding the firing of University of Pennsylvania President Elizabeth Magill for her handling of campus antisemitism. The trucks circled the Philadelphia campus, displaying messages such as "FIRE LIZ" and photos of Jewish victims killed or taken hostage by Hamas. The protests followed a congressional hearing where Magill, along with Harvard and MIT presidents, were questioned about their response to antisemitism. Magill faced criticism for her comments on whether calling for the genocide of Jews violated the school's code of conduct. The billboard trucks played footage of the exchange and displayed messages like "Here's your context" accompanied by a photo of a kidnapped Israeli boy. Magill attempted to clarify her comments in a social media video, calling the call for genocide "evil." However, Rep. Elise Stefanik criticized the video as a "pathetic PR clean up attempt" and called for Magill's removal. The article concludes by mentioning that Penn did not immediately respond to requests for comment.