If elected, former MLB star and U.S. Senate candidate Steve Garvey will go to Congress to testify against Ivy League universities about their failure to protect Jewish students. He said he would ask for it.
“This time next year, as a sitting senator, I would like to call for a commission to sit down with these presidents and leaders and ask them why they are not protecting our students,” the California Republican said in an interview on Fox News Digital. Ta. . “And if we can’t protect them, let’s talk about impacting them with federal funds and start taking back federal funds.
“If you’re not going to protect Americans on campus, you’re going to have to make a decision about what’s important to you.”
Garvey said demonstrators on campus should be arrested and prosecuted “to the fullest extent of the law,” adding that the protests were “terrorism disguised as free speech.”
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Steve Garvey said if elected to the Senate, he would hold hearings with Ivy League presidents to testify about their failures to protect students amid anti-Israel riots across the country. (Getty)
On Thursday, the University of Southern California canceled its commencement ceremony for the Class of 2024 after anti-Israel agitators stormed the campus and 93 people were arrested. College campuses are among U.S. universities in turmoil as protesters chant “Death to America” and “We are Hamas” and advocate divestment from Israel.
Earlier this month, the University of Southern California faced intense backlash after it banned valedictorian and Muslim biomedical engineering student Asna Tabassum from speaking at its commencement ceremony, citing safety concerns. accused her of promoting anti-Israel rhetoric on social media.
“What’s happening on campus is against the law,” Garvey said. “These Jewish students are being attacked physically, mentally, and spiritually. Now more than ever, we need to stand up.”
Garvey also said university presidents should “take back our campuses” and “form a protective environment for students who are being attacked.”
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Monique of the Answer Coalition leads a chant about Israeli investment over the Israel-Hamas war as anti-Israel students and non-students occupy USC’s Alumni Park in Los Angeles on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. appealed for withdrawal. (Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)
Garvey, who played professional baseball for the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres, is running against Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff for the Senate seat held by the late Dianne Feinstein. Both candidates advanced to the November general election through this year’s primary elections.
His comments came as the war between Israel and Hamas has been going on for more than six months. Nearly 1,300 Israelis were killed on October 7, and thousands of civilian deaths have been recorded in the region since the terrorist attack.
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On April 22, 2024, an anti-Israel rally will be held on the steps of the Lowe Library on the grounds of Columbia University in New York City. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)
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Yale University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of California, Berkeley, University of Southern California-Princeton, Harvard University, Stanford University, Northwestern University, Vanderbilt University, University of Michigan, University of North Carolina, and University of Virginia are among the campuses where large-scale demonstrations have erupted. is part of. this week.
