The House Committee on Education and the Workforce report on antisemitism is filled with damning materials, but some of the most damning bits of it deal not just with the reality of campus antisemitism and how university leaders covered it up, but the complicity of the Democrats in those cover-ups.

The description of contacts between Sen. Schumer and Columbia University leaders has already gone viral.

On January 4, then-President Shafik explained to Shipman and her fellow Co-Chair David Greenwald that she had met with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who advised Shafik that “universities political problems are really only among Republicans.”The Senator’s staff recommended the “best strategy is to keep heads down,” and when asked, Schumer and his staff indicated they did not believe it was necessary for the University’s leaders to meet with Republicans.Greenwald echoed this, writing in response, “If we are keeping our head down, maybe we shouldn’t meet with Republicans.”

Sen. Schumer had once claimed to be a ‘shomer’ or ‘protector’ for the Jewish community.

The report reveals that he was actually a ‘shomer’ for campus antisemites.

Columbia University leaders were hoping that Democrats would take the House to protect them from further congressional oversight.

Days later, Greenwald exchanged text messages with his immediate predecessor Jonathan Lavine, about the Committee’s investigation and how they hoped Democrats would retake the House. On January 7, Greenwald sent Chair Emeritus Lavine a recent New York Times article about the expansion of the Committee’s investigation into campus antisemitism. Lavine responded, “Let’s hope the Dems win the house back.Greenwald replied, “Absolutely.”

That’s damning when it comes to Columbia University and for Congressional Democrats who were seen as protectors and defenders of bigotry.