Bernie Sanders: 'I Want To Thank Harvard University For Standing Up To Trump'

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.