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New England Patriots squad proprietor Robert Kraft implored Americans to speak retired against dislike astatine assemblage campuses crossed nan U.S. successful caller weeks.
Kraft appeared connected Fox News Channel’s "Hannity" Wednesday nighttime arsenic he prepares to merchandise full-page ads successful respective newspapers crossed nan state later this week.
"I deliberation our universities were 1 of our competitory advantages arsenic a country, and I deliberation what’s going connected now passim America is scaring a batch of people," Kraft said.
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New England Revolution owner/investor Robert Kraft pinch family members looking for nan merchandise of loved ones successful Gaza earlier a lucifer betwixt nan New England Revolution and FC Cincinnati March 17, 2024, astatine Gillette Stadium successful Foxborough, Mass. (Fred Kfoury III/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
"They want to cognize we’re going to triumph this battle. And I conscionable ask, ‘Are you bully listeners who attraction astir this state to speak up now?’ Universities utilized to beryllium wherever you had captious statement and different points of view. We didn’t thatch dislike and intimidation."
Kraft, who attended Columbia University, will return retired ads successful newspapers connected behalf of his Foundation to Combat Antisemitism. His instauration released a Super Bowl advertisement this twelvemonth to raise consciousness astir antisemitism and different causes.
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Anti-Israel protesters rally extracurricular Columbia University successful New York City Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Columbia announced its field would stay closed "until circumstances let otherwise" aft students occupied Hamilton Hall. (Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital)
"The logic I took these ads retired (is) I want group to cognize that bully group — and they’ve travel to our instauration — they really care, and they person to speak up and not beryllium silent – nan measurement Martin Luther King said astir it pinch (Clarence B. Jones)," he explained.
"I’m nan biggest beneficiary of what America has to offer. I sewage a afloat world danasiwa to Columbia. I dreamt large dreams. I went done reliable times, but it’s nan top state successful nan world. And I’m privileged, among different things, to ain an NFL franchise successful my hometown. I didn’t person a car until I was 25. I want to support those values live for everyone that comes to this country."
Kraft called for "empathy," not hatred.
New England Patriots proprietor Robert Kraft anterior to a crippled against nan Miami Dolphins astatine Hard Rock Stadium Sept. 11, 2022, successful Miami Gardens, Fla. (Megan Briggs/Getty Images)
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The Patriots proprietor pulled his support from his alma mater past period arsenic nan anti-Israel unit astatine Columbia raged.
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