Steve Kerr dons Harvard shirt in response to Trump's federal funding freeze: 'Stand up to the bully'

The Trump medication announced Monday it would beryllium freezing $2.2 cardinal successful multi-year grants and contracts for Harvard University aft assemblage President Alan M. Garber announced the aforesaid time the schoolhouse would not beryllium complying with the Trump administration's demands to combat antisemitism. 

In response, Golden State Warriors caput manager Steve Kerr wore a Harvard hoops garment for a quality league Tuesday night.

"Is thing going on?" helium jokingly asked, drafting laughter from the media.

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Golden State Warriors caput manager Steve Kerr watches during the archetypal fractional against the Memphis Grizzlies Jan. 4, 2025, successful San Francisco.  (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

"[Harvard coach] Tommy Amaker is simply a person of mine. He sent maine this shirt, and it felt similar a large time to deterioration it," Kerr added. "I judge successful world freedom. I judge it’s important for each of our institutions to beryllium capable to grip their ain concern the mode they privation to, and they should not beryllium shaken down and told what to teach, what to say, by our government. That's the dumbest happening I've ever heard, but it's benignant of par for the people close now. This is maine supporting Harvard. 

"Way to go, mode to basal up to the bully."

Kerr, whose begetter Malcolm was a prof successful the Middle East and was assassinated successful 1984, has agelong opposed Trump. Kerr endorsed Kamala Harris for the 2024 election.

Golden State Warriors caput manager Steve Kerr delivers a code astatine the DNC Convention.  (Yalonda M. James/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

Kerr spoke to reporters aft his Warriors defeated the Memphis Grizzlies successful the play-in tourney to gain the seventh effect successful the Western Conference.

Garber said the national authorities has threatened partnerships with respective universities, including Harvard, implicit accusations of antisemitism connected campuses. He besides noted that the Trump medication issued an updated and expanded database of demands, saying if the schoolhouse plans to support a fiscal narration with the national government, it indispensable comply.

"It makes wide that the volition is not to enactment with america to code antisemitism successful a cooperative and constructive manner," Garber wrote. "We person informed the medication done our ineligible counsel that we volition not judge their projected agreement."

Golden State Warriors caput manager Steve Kerr gestures during the archetypal fractional against the Miami Heat Jan. 7, 2025, successful San Francisco.  (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

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Earlier this month, a national antisemitism task unit announced a reappraisal of Harvard's national grants and contracts, worthy astir $9 billion, arsenic the assemblage faces an probe into field antisemitism. 

Fox News' Greg Wehner, CB Cotton, Alexis McAdams and Hanna Panreck contributed to this report.

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