Jack Dorsey expressed support for anti-Israel demonstrators who occupied Columbia University buildings.
The Twitter co-founder posted and shared several messages on X criticizing law enforcement’s response to protesters. Dozens of demonstrators were arrested after being forcibly removed from the building.
Dorsey, who stepped down as CEO of the company then known as Twitter in 2021, likened the Colombian protesters to those who rallied against the Iraq and Vietnam wars. , approved a post by left-wing podcaster Kyle Krinsky that said they were all “slandered.” And at that moment I hated it. ”
“Everyone with a functioning brain today knows that they were 100% right and conventional wisdom was completely wrong,” Krinsky wrote, adding, “If people are wondering if this is happening right now… The fact that we don’t even realize it’s happening is surprising,” he added.
Dorsey, who has more than 6.4 million followers on the social media platform he co-founded and has since renamed the brand X, commented on the post: “Yeah.”
The tech mogul also commented on a video posted on X showing heavy equipment deployed by the NYPD to remove protesters.
“The level of military equipment on the local police force is a bit alarming,” wrote X user Luke Radkowski, commenting on the vehicles used to transport NYPD officers to the Columbia University protest site.
“This has been happening across the country for over a decade,” Dorsey wrote in response to the video.
Dorsey’s other post on Tuesday echoed comments from X user Alex Miller, saying, “I am amazed at how much people love state power when it’s on their side. It never ceases to amaze me,” he wrote.
Dorsey co-signed the post with an emoji showing the number “100” and two lines drawn beneath it, implying complete agreement.
His X feed on Tuesday featured a number of left-wing independent commentators denouncing Colombia’s response to protesters, including a comment from journalist Simon Ateba, who wrote that the United States was “becoming a police state.” It included reposting of some comments.
Dorsey also reposted a comment from left-wing journalist Caitlin Johnston, writing sarcastically: Racist and Islamophobic agenda. ”
“That psychopath would probably have committed genocide by now,” Johnston wrote.
Last year, Mr. Dorsey announced his intention to support Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a leading presidential candidate.
In 2013, he publicly expressed support for former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
Dorsey is currently the CEO of fintech giant Square, but he also contributed to the campaigns of Democratic primary candidates Tulsi Gabbard and Andrew Yang, both of whom ultimately left the party. .
The newspaper has reached out to Dorsey for comment.
