At a "Fighting Oligarchy" rally in Missoula, Montana on Wednesday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) slammed President Trump's attacks on universities.
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00:00And he's going after universities.
00:07These so-called conservatives who believe in local control now want to tell universities
00:19and schools what they can and cannot do.
00:23And I want to thank Harvard University for standing up to Trump,
00:35and I hope every university in this country does the same.
00:50The function of a university, and it is an enormously important effort,
00:57is the pursuit of truth no matter where that truth takes you.
01:01That's what it is.
01:02Vigorous debate on the University of Montana and every other university.
01:07The function of a university is not to collapse in the face of authoritarianism.
01:14So universities, stand tall.