Exclusive | Elise Stefaniks new book exposes moral rot and poisoned Ivy Leagues that fueled Mamdanis rise

WASHINGTON — Rep.Elise Stefanik (R-NY) has revealed she’s publishing a book exposing the “far-left indoctrination, division, and moral rot” at Ivy League universities, as she draws a direct line from elite campus culture to the rise of Zohran Mamdani.Stefanik told The Post in an exclusive interview that her insider’s account, “Poisoned Ivies,” will raise the curtain on the decline of American higher education — but she noted it would also be “newsier than ever, given the administration’s decision to, correctly, withhold billions of dollars of funding” from the schools and the upcoming New York City mayoral election.

“If you look at the rise of an antisemite socialist, Zohran Mamdani, you cannot have that without a direct line from these poisoned Ivy League schools,” she went on, “leading directly to this moral rot that is currently manifesting in what’s playing out in the mayor’s race in New York City.”Mamdani, who could be elected the Big Apple’s first Muslim mayor next week, graduated from Bowdoin College in Maine and his father teaches at Columbia University.He’s tapped into support from the far-left that has permeated on college campuses.

Stefanik who grilled Ivy League campus presidents in 2023 on the explosion of antisemitic harassment and intimidation on their campuses — and eventually sparked the resignation of their presidents — said the problems persist.“Antisemitism on college campuses is the canary in the coal mine of academic and moral rot that has been happening for decades,” said Stefanik, a Harvard University alum.“Whether it’s the tenured faculty, whether it’s the bloated tuition, whether it’s the curricula, whether it’s the foreign funding, the percentage of foreign students, the book really goes through all aspects of what I believe has been moving higher education in the wrong direction that really culminated in this explosion of antisemitism on college campuses.”Stefanik also said: “...