State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce told Newsmax on Thursday that Ivy League institutions are no longer producing leaders but “training bigots,” as she defended the Trump administration’s crackdown on elite universities in the wake of a deadly attack on Israeli Embassy staff in Washington.

On “Rob Schmitt Tonight,” Bruce criticized Ivy League universities, saying they have “failed our children” and are contributing to rising antisemitism in the United States.

Bruce’s comments come one day after a shooting in Washington that left two Israeli Embassy employees dead. The dead, identified as Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim — one of whom was a U.S. citizen — were gunned down outside the Capital Jewish Museum. Law enforcement officials said that the man who was arrested in connection with the shooting shouted “Free Palestine” and that the attack is being investigated as a hate crime.

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