House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is calling for Columbia University President Minouche Shafik to resign. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite/Jose Luis Magana )
"We have Jewish students who have actually been physically assaulted, they have been harassed, they have been intimidated and threatened... we need to revoke federal funding to these universities if they cannot keep control," Johnson said. "We need to revoke these student visas for these violent protesters. You don’t have a right to be here and to do this, but Jewish students have a right to be able to peacefully attend classes. They are trying to get an education. This is just madness.
Johnson also told Hewitt, "I’ve seen some of these man on the street interviews with some of these kids who are protesting, you and I both know the vast majority of them have no idea what they are talking about.
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NYPD officers patrol as pro-Palestine protesters demonstrate outside of Columbia University’s campus in New York City on Thursday, April 18, 2024. (Peter Gerber for Fox News Digital)
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"The White House is caving to the antisemitic – I call it the pro-Hamas wing – of the party right now. They have backpedaled on their support for Israel and you have got members of Congress who refuse to denounce even the chants of ‘Death to America!’, they just go silent, they won’t call that out," he added. "Some Democrat members of Congress are even calling these antisemitic mobs ‘peaceful protesters’ and defending the harassment and intimidation of all the rest. It’s really become a serious problem and they are allowing mob rule to overtake the American ideals of free speech, the free exchange of ideas and the free exercise of religion. This is not who we are."
Greg Norman is a reporter at Fox News Digital.
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