US President Donald Trump’s nominee to become the ambassador to the United Nations said Tuesday that she will use the role to combat “antisemitic rot” at the UN.

“Combatting antisemitism is something I am deeply committed to doing in this role, and it’s one of the reasons why I was interested in this position during my conversations with President Trump,” US Representative Elise Stefanik told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during her confirmation hearing.

She said she used her current role as a lawmaker in the House of Representatives to combat “antisemitic rot” in the United States, referencing her tough questioning of college heads regarding over handling of anti-Israel protests following Hamas’s October 2023 attack, which first gained international attention that December when she asked three elite university leaders whether their schools prohibit calls for genocide against Jews. Video of the leaders’ answers sparked widespread outrage, leading two of them to step down.

Stefanik said she hopes to take the same approach at the UN.

“The US is the largest contributor to the UN by far… Our tax dollars should not be complicit in propping up entities that are counter to American interests, antisemitic, or engaging in fraud, corruption or terrorism,” she said. “As the world faces crisis after crisis, with hostages including Americans still held in Hamas captivity, to national security challenges ranging from China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran… it has never been more critical for the United States to lead with strength and moral clarity.”

She pointed out that there are more resolutions at the UN condemning........

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