Nikki Haley made the television rounds Thursday morning and promised that, if elected president, she will revoke tax-exempt status for universities that do not fight antisemitism on their campuses.

โ€œWhat weโ€™re seeing on college campuses is they are not being held accountable,โ€ Haley said. โ€œAnd if theyโ€™re going to do this, if theyโ€™re not going to acknowledge the hate thatโ€™s on their campuses, I think their tax-exempt status needs to be revoked.โ€

Haley was referring to the multitude of college students who have celebrated Hamas since it attacked Israel, from statements praising the terrorists as โ€œmartyrsโ€ to chants at rallies calling for an โ€œintifada.โ€

The former United States ambassador to the United Nations sees Israel and antisemitism as a key issue, her campaign explained to National Review.

โ€œNikki has always stood up for Israel and against antisemitism. From being the first governor in the country to sign anti-BDS legislation to taking on the Israel haters at the U.N., she will always use the power of her voice to defend Israelโ€™s right to exist,โ€ campaign spokesman Ken Farnaso told NR. โ€œAs president, antisemitism and anti-Zionism will have no place in America.โ€

Haley said as president she would adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Allianceโ€™s definition of antisemitism โ€” which includes denying the right to Jewish self-determination, or anti-Zionism โ€” as federal law. President Joe Biden announced a plan in May to combat antisemitism in the United States but did not utilize IHRAโ€™s definition.

She criticized the Biden administrationโ€™s decision not to use the IHRA guidelines, writing that the current president โ€œis pandering to the radical Left and siding with Israelโ€™s enemies.โ€

In a Wednesday interview with the New York Post, Haley argued that adoption of that definition is necessary in the fight against the hatred of Jews.

โ€œThe Oct. 7 massacre and the ensuing weeks have proven what many of us have long known: There is no difference between anti-Zionism and antisemitism,โ€ she said. โ€œIn order to combat antisemitism, we have to define it, and that starts at the top.โ€