House Education Committee says Daniel Biss ‘severely downplayed antisemitism’ in briefing

House Education Committee says Daniel Biss ‘severely downplayed antisemitism’ in briefing

In a briefing for the House Education Workforce Committee on his response to the anti-Israel protest encampment at Northwestern University in 2024, Evanston, Ill., Mayor Daniel Biss “severely downplayed” the situation on that campus and antisemitism across the country, the committee said. The committee asked Biss, who is a congressional candidate in the race to succeed retiring Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), to brief them on his decision to withhol…