A student from Cornell University has been in the news for a few weeks now because of an antisemitic remark he made about a potential employer.
Here is the backstory from the Cornell Daily Sun in June:
Student Writes ‘Not Interested in Working for a Jew’ on Handshake, Cornell Reports Bias Incident
The University reported Austin Franco ’28 to the Office of Civil Rights for a bias incident in which he responded to a job offer with “Not interested in working for a jew. Thanks.” on Handshake, according to a June 8 X post from Gabe Einhorn, co-founder and CEO of the company which Franco was accepted to. The Sun spoke to Franco and Einhorn following the incident.
Franco initially applied to a growth/sales role at Einhorn’s real estate startup, VrfyID, on May 26 through Handshake, a digital hiring platform, according to Einhorn. He was accepted in the first round and Gabe’s brother Aiden, who co-founded VrfyID, asked to set up a time for a meeting on May 29. Franco responded the same day with times he was available. Gabe told The Sun that both him and Aiden then offered two dates for students to attend, neither of which Franco went to. When Aiden followed up on June 8 to ask Franco about his attendance, Franco responded with “Not interested in working for a jew. Thanks.”
The student in question here, recently appeared on the Piers Morgan Uncensored show and although it seemed like Piers was trying to give the student a chance to explain himself, he just made it worse and Piers went off on him.
Partial transcript:
Austin Franco: I’ve had enough experiences that were displeasing, that I didn’t want to be around them. You know, it’s just a preference and I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that.
You know, if you had a problem with Asian people or midgets, right, like you know – Let’s say you’re around ten midgets, right? And all of them are really mean to you, they step on your feet. Right? You’re gonna say, OK, I don’t want to be around you anymore. And if your boss is somehow a midget, you’re gonna say, I don’t want to work for you because you’re a midget.
It might not be a nice thing to say, but is it really worth losing our marbles over this, like the Jewish community did within America? Saying, we’re gonna make this kid unemployable? Let’s ruin his life, let’s kick him out of Cornell? I mean it’s really ridiculous.
Piers Morgan: Actually, if you don’t mind me saying, what you just said, is more ridiculous, isn’t it?
I mean, what on earth has this got to do with… with… as you put it, midgets?I just find it incredibly depressing that a young man given the privilege that you’ve had, to go to a top university, could be this thick. Or worse, not care about what you’re saying and the consequences to a huge number of people around the world who see a young, arrogant, kid, who wants to brazenly espouse antisemitism in interviews like this.
And shame on you, and shame on everyone that has made you like this.
Watch the video below:
Piers Morgan speaks to the Ivy League student who went viral for saying ‘he’s not interested in working for Jews’.
‘You’ve doubled down – you’re proud of it! And for that reason, I don’t give a TOSS what happens to you!’
Full interview dropping at 7pm (BST)…@piersmorgan pic.twitter.com/zw2Aofn3i7
— Piers Morgan Uncensored (@PiersUncensored) July 28, 2026
Yikes.
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