House Speaker Johnson calls on Columbia University President Minouche Shafik to resign

House Speaker Mike Johnson is calling Wednesday for Columbia University President Minouche Shafik to resign complete her handling of anti-Israel demonstrations connected campus, calling her "very weak" and "inept."

Johnson said during a radio question and reply pinch Hugh Hewitt that he is holding a property convention astatine Columbia University later coming "with immoderate of my colleagues from nan House Republicans from New York to telephone connected nan president of nan assemblage to resign."

"This President Shafik has shown to beryllium a very weak, inept leader. They cannot moreover guarantee nan information of Jewish students? They are expected to tally for their lives and enactment location from class? It’s maddening," Johnson said. "What we are seeing connected these assemblage campuses crossed nan state is disgusting and unacceptable and each leader successful this country, each governmental official, each national of bully conscience has to speak retired and opportunity that ‘this is not who we are successful America.’ And we sewage to person accountability and that is what my colleagues and I will beryllium moving on." 

New York House Republicans connected Monday, successful a associated letter, person called for Shafik to measurement down. On Wednesday, Columbia University posted connected its website that "Student protesters person committed to dismantling and removing a important number of tents" astatine an encampment there, amongst different efforts to diffuse tensions from nan anti-Israel demonstrations.

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Columbia University President Nemat Shafik testifies earlier nan House Committee connected Education and nan Workforce proceeding connected "Columbia successful Crisis: Columbia University's Response to Antisemitism" connected Capitol Hill successful Washington, connected Wednesday, April 17, 2024.  (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

"We person Jewish students who person really been physically assaulted, they person been harassed, they person been intimidated and threatened... we request to revoke national backing to these universities if they cannot support control," Johnson said. "We request to revoke these student visas for these convulsive protesters. You don’t person a correct to beryllium present and to do this, but Jewish students person a correct to beryllium capable to peacefully be classes. They are trying to get an education. This is conscionable madness. 

Johnson besides told Hewitt that "I’ve seen immoderate of these man connected nan thoroughfare interviews pinch immoderate of these kids who are protesting, you and I some cognize nan immense mostly of them person nary thought what they are talking about. 

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"They don’t cognize nan facts, immoderate of them are denying that October 7 moreover happened. It’s ridiculous," he continued. "And we are relying connected and calling upon and demanding these assemblage officials to get power of nan situation, it’s conscionable wholly retired of power correct now." 

Johnson besides took a swipe astatine nan Biden management for its handling of nan matter, saying "The existent problem we person correct now is that we are not getting beardown leadership, evidently from nan White House, aliases moreover immoderate Democrats successful Congress."

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"The White House is caving to nan antisemitic – I telephone it nan pro-Hamas helping – of nan statement correct now. They person backpedaled connected their support for Israel and you person sewage members of Congress who garbage to denounce moreover nan chants of ‘Death to America!’, they conscionable spell silent, they won’t telephone that out," he added. "Some Democrat members of Congress are moreover calling these antisemitic mobs ‘peaceful protesters’ and defending nan harassment and intimidation of each nan rest. It’s really go a superior problem and they are allowing mob norm to overtake nan American ideals of free speech, nan free speech of ideas and nan free workout of religion. This is not who we are."