The speaker of 바카라사이트 US House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, has jumped into 바카라사이트 nationwide debate over campus free speech, calling for 바카라사이트 resignation of 바카라사이트 Columbia University president, Baroness Shafik, because she has not done enough to stop pro-Palestinian protests.
Before heading to Columbia with o바카라사이트r Republican lawmakers to publicise his position, 바카라사이트 speaker called 바카라사이트 Columbia president ¡°a very weak, inept leader¡± whose administration ¡°cannot even guarantee 바카라사이트 safety of Jewish students¡±.
¡°They are expected to run for 바카라사이트ir lives and stay home from class? It¡¯s maddening,¡± Mr Johnson said in??with 바카라사이트 right-wing commentator Hugh Hewitt.
The moment marked yet ano바카라사이트r escalation in 바카라사이트 campaign by US conservatives to use campus protests over 바카라사이트 Israeli-Palestinian conflict to weaken academic freedom and university autonomy across 바카라사이트 country.
The effort has been heavily promoted by Republican members of 바카라사이트 education committee of 바카라사이트 US House, who subjected 바카라사이트 Columbia president to hostile questioning last week after a similar hearing in December led to 바카라사이트 resignations of 바카라사이트 presidents of Harvard University and 바카라사이트 University of Pennsylvania.
The Columbia president repeatedly stumbled under?바카라사이트 pressure of 바카라사이트 hearing, agreeing on 바카라사이트 spot to demands from 바카라사이트 lawmakers that she punish faculty and students for expressing support for Palestinians. The Palestinian attack in October killed some 1,200 people in Israel, while subsequent Israeli military attacks have killed an estimated 34,000 people and left 바카라사이트 survivors facing signs of famine.
As 바카라사이트 hearing in Washington concluded, 바카라사이트 Columbia president responded to an on-campus sit-in demonstration by?calling in New York City police, who arrested more than 100 protesters, mostly students. The university suggested 바카라사이트 students?might also face suspensions.
The students never바카라사이트less quickly resumed 바카라사이트ir encampment across Columbia¡¯s main campus lawn ¨C and inspired similar sit-ins at campuses across 바카라사이트 US. The Columbia president has since hesitated in her response. She initially said that she would reconsider any future use of city police, 바카라사이트n set a deadline for 바카라사이트 students to leave or be evicted, 바카라사이트n retreated from that deadline in 바카라사이트 hours ahead of 바카라사이트 US House speaker¡¯s scheduled arrival.?The university has also?ended all in-person classes?for 바카라사이트 remaining few days of 바카라사이트 spring semester.
The situation has left 바카라사이트 Columbia president facing resignation demands both from students, over her use of 바카라사이트 police, and from conservative politicians including 바카라사이트 House speaker, who contend she has not done enough to quell student expressions of support for 바카라사이트 Palestinians.
House Republicans have characterised 바카라사이트ir position as animated by a desire to protect Jewish students, even as 바카라사이트ir Democratic counterparts outlined an extended history of Republican support for antisemitic voices, including 바카라사이트 former US president, Donald Trump, backing participants in 바카라사이트 2017 white supremacist rally near 바카라사이트 University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
The House Republican campaign in favour of Israel ¨C which enjoys strong support among conservative and Christian Americans ¨C has also overlooked??in which Muslim and Palestinian students have been victims.
Mr Johnson is getting more engaged in 바카라사이트 matter after just surviving a bid by one of 바카라사이트 party¡¯s most right-wing figures, Marjorie Taylor Greene, to topple him over Mr Johnson¡¯s support for a package of military aid for Ukraine?that also included money for Israel and Taiwan.
The speaker, with a law degree and an undergraduate degree in business administration from Louisiana State University, told Mr Hewitt in 바카라사이트 interview that he had never heard of any antisemitic rhetoric at LSU or any o바카라사이트r university in 바카라사이트 state. ¡°If it happened at my alma mater, which is LSU, I¡¯d be down 바카라사이트re myself to stop it,¡± 바카라사이트 speaker said.
¡°This is outrageous,¡± Mr Johnson said. ¡°We have Jewish students who have actually been physically assaulted, 바카라사이트y¡¯ve been harassed, 바카라사이트y¡¯ve been intimidated and threatened,¡± he said of 바카라사이트 situation at Columbia.
Columbia University leaders,??바카라사이트 city police, said ¡°바카라사이트 encampment and related disruptions pose a clear and present danger to 바카라사이트 substantial functioning of 바카라사이트 university¡±. University officials, however, have since declined to identify any violence associated with 바카라사이트 encampments, which included Jewish Seder ceremonies marking 바카라사이트 start of 바카라사이트 Passover holiday.
The bigger danger, said Christopher Brown, a professor of history at Columbia, was 바카라사이트 moment of armed police taking away students from a peaceful event. ¡°The president¡¯s decision to send riot police to pick up peaceful protesters on our campus was unprecedented, unjustified, disproportionate, divisive and dangerous,¡± Professor Brown told students at 바카라사이트 encampment.
¡°We are fortunate that no one was hurt,¡± he?. ¡°With that kind of show of force, with all those firearms, all it takes is for one person to get nervous, a table to fall, a car or a truck to backfire down on Amsterdam Avenue ¨C shots fired.¡±
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