Golden Together founder and Fox News contributor Steve Hilton called the University of California, Irvine, “subject to the mob” after anti-Israel agitators caused chaos on campus and stormed the building. criticized as such.
Hilton told Fox News Digital that the school failed to protect the rights of the majority of its hardworking students.
“Our focus is on calling on university leadership, the entire UC system, and state political leadership to ensure a normal student experience for all students, and a large part of that is legislation. A hard-working student who doesn’t abide by the law. I want nothing to do with this,” Hilton explained.
Hilton also Anti-Semitism on college campuses is often fueled by outside agitators.
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Steve Hilton, founder of Golden Together, is reacting to the ongoing protests on California college campuses. (Fox News)
“And in some ways, it’s worse than that by America’s enemies who are trying to sow division and hatred in this country,” Hilton added. “There are reports of Chinese influence in these protests. There is Qatari influence, which is well known and to some extent documented. There is a role for far-left parties.”
Hilton wondered how this could be allowed.
“Those in charge must explain how the very positive things about America, our tolerance and welcoming nature, can be exploited in this way to divide us and cause so much confusion among our people. How do I forgive him?” Hilton wondered.
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Hilton went on to say that what we are seeing at the University of California, Irvine and other college campuses across the country is a fundamental right, a cornerstone of the First Amendment, no matter how horrifying it may be. However, he explained that this does not go so far as to cause destruction, mayhem, or confusion. For everyone else too.
“Stake your case, but don’t destroy other people’s opportunities while you’re doing it. I think that’s pretty obvious. And if you do, don’t destroy other people’s opportunities while doing it. Enforcing values is just the instinct of those in charge, but we have just witnessed the breakdown of such leadership.
“And again, this seems to be an example of a lot of problems going on in America today, especially here in California, where people who do wrong are rewarded, coddled, and protected. , those who did the right thing are in the highest position.”Those who end up being punished. ”
An anti-Israel demonstrator is taken into police custody after he suffered a bloody nose while destroying an encampment at the University of California, Irvine, Wednesday, May 15, 2024. (Allen J. Scherben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
He added that what we are witnessing across the country is a reflection of the Biden administration’s “weakness and failure.”
“Biden has been pathetic in this, as he has been in everything else. And the simple reason I’ve been pointing out since he entered the Oval Office is that he has no convictions, he’s weak. “He’s just an unprincipled machine politician with strong beliefs and doesn’t believe in anything but his own political progress,” Hilton said.
“So he gets tossed around on every issue and just goes where he thinks there’s a political opportunity for him. So you’ve probably seen him all over the place on this issue, just like on many other issues. ” ”
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Hilton said Biden is clearly rushing to shore up his support base, believing the protests are hurting his support in the upcoming election.
“That’s the opposite of what a leader should do. He should stand up for what he believes in and what’s right, especially in a situation like this where this country needs strong leadership. We I’ve seen it quite the opposite,” Hilton concluded.
Michigan college students say President Biden could lose the battleground state due to far-left backlash over the Israel-Hamas war. (Getty)
After hundreds of anti-Israel demonstrators stormed the University of California, Irvine campus and set up barricades on Wednesday, the university arrested 47 people on Thursday, including 26 students and two staff members, on suspicion of violations. It has been confirmed that he has been indicted. The university said 19 of those arrested were unaffiliated, meaning they were not UC Irvine students or employees.
At one point, several hundred protesters entered the school’s physical sciences auditorium and began barricading the building.
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The university announced that those arrested were charged with violating school rules and state law, failing to disperse and trespassing.
The university also transitioned to remote work starting Thursday.
Fox News Digital’s Bradford Betz and Sarah Rumph-Whitten contributed to this report.
