As anti-Israel demonstrators continue to protest on campuses across the country, MSNBC host Chris Hayes sent out a social media post mocking calls for the National Guard to restore order at schools.
“I deleted the tweet because it was an angry argument, but the bottom line is that sending in armed National Guard troops to quell peaceful student protests is a horribly dangerous idea,” Hayes said Wednesday. wrote.
“I’m sure that once the National Guard shoots a few college students, it will end the situation and shut everyone up,” Hayes wrote to X, according to a screenshot of the post, which has since been deleted.
Anti-Israel agitators continue to cause chaos nationwide, escalating at University of Southern California, Harvard University, Columbia University
As anti-Israel demonstrators continue to protest on campuses across the United States, MSNBC host Chris Hayes reportedly posted a post mocking calls for the National Guard to restore order at schools. (Getty Images)
Hayes, who called for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, also made another post mentioning the arrest of protesters at the university.
“As a purely tactical matter, the mass arrests of protesters appear to be having the opposite effect than intended,” he wrote on Wednesday.
Hayes also shared a post about the lack of “credible reporting” about “anti-Semitic incidents” at the UT Austin protests.
Debate over how to stop large demonstrations at Columbia University and other elite universities continues despite multiple visits from members of Congress.
Speaker Mike Johnson suggested Wednesday that the National Guard be called in to quell the Gaza ceasefire protests at Columbia University.
Johnson and several House Republicans visited the Ivy League school in New York City on Wednesday amid heightened tensions over a demonstration in which several Jewish students publicly voiced fears for their safety.Students at Columbia University and those attending its sister school, Barnard College, set up a tent city on campus to protest Columbia University’s corporate investments. related to israel.
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Strategic Response Team police officers stand by during a protest at Columbia University on April 22, 2024, in New York City. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)
Tensions over the issue escalated during Johnson’s speech, as pro-ceasefire student activists repeatedly jeered and tried to interrupt the Louisiana Republican’s speech with chants of “I can’t hear you” and “Mike, you.” It almost reached boiling point several times. —. ”
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Columbia University did not respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
FOX News’ Elizabeth Elkind contributed to this report.
