Looney & Duff Stand with Higher Education Protests Against Trump’s Assault on CT Universities

HARTFORD – Today, Senate President Martin Looney (D-New Haven) and Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff (D-Norwalk) released the following statement supporting protests today from Yale University and University of Connecticut students and faculty against the actions of the Trump administration.

“We stand with the UConn and Yale communities and share their outrage at the unprecedented and ongoing Republican attacks on higher education, scientific research, freedom of speech, and human rights. The students and faculty who are protesting in peaceful defiance of these senseless and often cruel actions should be commended for their conviction. Senate Democrats are committed to doing everything in our power to protect Connecticut’s colleges and universities from these assaults on our shared values. We encourage our Republican colleagues to do the same.”