On Nov. 13, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer addressed the “wanted” posters that recently appeared on the University of Rochester campus in a U.S. Senate floor speech.
“The posters seemed to disproportionately target Jewish faculty and staff, in what appears to be an attempt to intimidate these individuals,” Schumer said. “Those responsible should be held accountable. While investigators are still determining what happened, what we already know is disturbing. This is rank intimidation, which has no place in a university community—or anywhere else.”
Schumer said universities should be places where staff, students, and faculty can learn, grow, and debate freely without fear.
“I condemn the loathsome actions of those who posted these ‘wanted’ posters,” Schumer continued. “Any attempt to threaten or target someone simply because of their Jewish identity is antisemitism, plain and simple. Those responsible have done nothing to further their cause.”