Columbia University students heckled House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) during a speech Wednesday, citing the rise in anti-Semitism on campus over the past week.
When Johnson began his speech, speech Booing could be heard from the crowd at Columbia University.
“We’re standing here on the steps of the Law Library right now, in this very building directly behind us, where Columbia University once awarded an honorary degree to Winston Churchill,” Johnson said. Ta. “And it was Churchill who said, ‘It is clearly right that Jews should have a homeland where they can be reunited.'” We believe in that principle. And today, I am here to proclaim this simple truth to all those who grit their teeth and demand that we wipe the State of Israel off the map and attack innocent Jewish students. That means we will never attack Israel or the Jewish students on this campus. Never be isolated. ”
video picture An article posted on X showed Columbia University students in the crowd yelling, “Get that motherfucker off campus!” Like Johnson was talking about.
Columbia University students heckled House Speaker Mike Johnson at a press conference, chanting, “Get the f**kers off campus!”@FrontlinesTPUSA@TPUSA pic.twitter.com/SRrZHgEiko
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The House speaker’s visit to Columbia University comes after anti-Israel protesters occupied the university’s lawn a week ago and set up an encampment. More than 100 protesters who participated in the anti-Israel camp were arrested Thursday, including Isra Hirsi, the daughter of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), and several students, including Hirsi, were arrested for their involvement. He was suspended from Barnard College. At the camp.
Since then, Yale University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Rochester New York University and University of North Carolina support Columbia University’s initial camp.
Johnson went on to refer to a statement released by the US-designated Islamic terrorist organization Hamas, calling anti-Israel protesters at the university “future leaders of the United States.”
“It’s an abomination,” Johnson added. “The cherished traditions of this university are now being taken over by radical and extremist ideologies who have set their sights on the backs of America’s Jewish students and are supporting terrorists right here on this campus. More and more students are shouting. They have been cornering Jewish students, mocking them, and abusing them.”
when Asked Asked by a reporter what Prime Minister Johnson’s message was to anti-Israel supporters in the Garrison, he said: “My message to the students in the Garrison is to go back to class and stop the nonsense.” Look, if you want to discuss these benefits on campus, do it, but you can’t scare other students out of class. Think about it. Do you think that is correct?
