Trump starts talking about Harlem when asked about HarvardSource: NewsNation
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00:00Mr. President, thank you for your time. It's interesting that you brought up Harvard,
00:03because when people think about Harvard, what they're basically talking about is
00:07they're asking, what do you say to those who view your actions as an attack
00:11on academic freedom rather than a defense of fairness? What do you say to that?
00:17Well, I say this. We had riots in Harlem, and frankly, if you look at what's gone on,
00:25and people from Harlem went up and they protested, Stephen, and they protested very strongly against Harvard,
00:31they happened to be on my side. You know, I got a very high black vote. You know that.
00:37Very, very high black vote. It was a very great compliment to me.
00:41I did criminal justice reform. I did opportunity zones for one of the greatest economic deals ever
00:49for the black and Hispanic community. I got tremendous.
00:52They agree with what I'm doing with respect to Harvard. Harvard gets four or five...