Dr. Phil rips Harvard apart after the president continues to work despite the disastrous testimony

Former daytime TV talk show host Dr. Phil McGraw ripped into Harvard University after the Ivy League school's president retained his job despite a disastrous performance at a congressional hearing.

Claudine Gay received the support of the board of Harvard University after a testimony in Congress where she rejected to say whether students and applicants would be responsible for using phrases like “from the river to the sea,” which has connotations to exterminate Israel, Reuters reported. During the testimony, Gay and the presidents of the University of Pennsylvania and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology invoked principles of freedom of expression in defense of the anti-Jewish protests that occurred on their campuses.

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“They wouldn't know free speech if it bit them in the ass, because that's something that, as you pointed out, FIRE puts them 248 out of 248,” McGraw told Fox News host Sean Hannity. “They had to create a whole new category for them that were so abysmal. And they don't do free speech. They do their speech.”

Harvard last ranked for “speech climate” in The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression's 2024 University Free Speech Rankings. It is the only educational institution to receive an “abysmal” rating.

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression gave Harvard an “abysmal” rating for its “speech climate,” making it the lowest ranked university out of 248 universities.

McGraw also criticized universities for not addressing antisemitic incidents beyond the protests.

“I'm not a lawyer, I don't want to brag, but I'm not, but there are exceptions to free speech,” McGraw added. “You can't incite people to violence, you can't target someone with specific threats that they're making, but we're still not talking about speech here. We're talking about actions.”

“They're blocking, blocking people's way to their classes,” McGraw said. “They come in and disrupt their classes. Go into the library and intimidate these students, and they say, oh, well, that's not against our policies.”

University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill has resigned under pressure after school Lost a $100 million donation after his testimony.

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