Extra: Elise Stefanik on the "Moral Rot" of Elite Universities

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🗓️ 19 April 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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What is really happening inside the Ivy League? This week, New York Republican Congresswoman Elise Stefanik joined the FOX News Rundown and Jessica Rosenthal to discuss her provocative new book, Poisoned Ivies: The Inside Account of the Academic and Moral Rot at America’s Elite Universities. Stefanik, who dominated headlines following her viral questioning of university presidents during a 2023 congressional hearing, opens up about the fallout from that day and why she believes antisemitism has been allowed to flourish on elite campuses. Stefanik also discussed the conflict with Iran, the high-stakes debate over DHS funding, and the personal reasoning behind her decision to leave Congress at the end of her current term. We often have to cut interviews short during the week, but we thought you’d like to hear the entire interview. Today on the FOX News Rundown Extra, we share our full interview with Rep. Elise Stefanik. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.5	This is the Fox News Rundown Extra.
0:36.5	I'm Jessica Rosenthal.
0:38.4	This past week we spoke with New York Republican congressman Elise Stefonic about her new book,
0:42.2	Poisoned Ives, the inside account of the academic and moral rot at America's elite universities.
0:48.0	Stefanik sparked major headlines in December of 2023 after questioning the presidents of three top universities at a congressional hearing
0:54.7	regarding anti-Israel protests on their campuses and the rhetoric and threats directed toward Jewish
0:59.5	students. She discussed the fallout from that hearing, as well as why she believes most elite
1:03.9	universities have allowed anti-Semitism to flourish. Stefanik also, though, discussed the
1:08.4	conflict in Iran, the ongoing debate over DHS funding, and why she is leaving Congress after she finishes this term.
1:15.3	We had to make some edits for time during the week, but thought you might like to hear more.
1:18.8	Thanks for listening.
1:19.7	And if you don't already, please follow the Weekday Rundown podcast.
1:22.9	Now, here's Congresswoman Elise Stefani on the Fox News Rundown Extra.
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