“Resign In Disgrace!” – Ackman Takes Aim At Harvard President As PhD Plagiarism Allegations Appear

“It can be, depending on the context.”

Those seven words could be the undoing of Harvard University President Claudine Gay.

They were uttered in response to a question on whether calling for the “genocide of Jews” was against their universities’ codes of conduct.

She has since apologized for her comments in an interview with the Harvard Crimson.

But, the pressure continues to mount as billionaire investor Bill Ackman has her in his crosshairs demanding Gay (and others) “resign in disgrace.” A demand that is gathering momentum after Penn’s President resigned on Saturday.

On Sunday, Ackman penned an open letter to Harvard’s governing boards of directors, where he reiterated his call for Claudine Gay to be removed.

“In her short tenure as President, Claudine Gay has done more damage to the reputation of Harvard University than any individual in our nearly 500-year history,” the Harvard alumnus wrote on X, adding that Gay had “catalyzed an explosion of antisemitism and hate on campus that is unprecedented in Harvard’s history.”

Besides focusing on Gay’s handling of on-campus antisemitism, Ackman’s letter also accused her of presiding over “discriminatory hiring practices at Harvard.”

“The faculty have been told in no uncertain terms that candidates that do not meet DEI criteria will not be considered for certain faculty positions,” he wrote.

Ackman continued:

“Knowing what we know now, would Harvard consider Claudine Gay for the position? The answer is definitively ‘No,'” Ackman said in his X post.

“With this simple thought experiment, the board’s decision on President Gay could not be more straightforward,” Ackman continued.

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