Johnson’s visit marks the first time the top representative in the House is visiting a college campus amid ongoing protests that have at times burst into violent attacks between pro-Palestinian and Jewish students.
House Speaker Mike Johnson has demanded the resignation of Columbia University's president. Wednesday morning. “Every leader in this country, every political official, every citizen of good conscience has to speak out and say that this is not who we are in America, and we have got to have accountability.”
Johnson’s visit marks the first time the top representative in the House is visiting a college campus amid ongoing protests that have led towith trespassing, with several students taking part in the encampment-style protest receiving school suspension weeks before year’s end.
“We’re going to call on educational institutions like Columbia, if you cannot control what is happening at your university, if the president at this university is failing to keep students safe, then she shouldn’t be eligible for any federal aid coming into this university,” Rep. Anthony D’Esposito said after touring the campus with fellow GOP freshman Rep. Michael Lawler on Monday. Both will join Johnson on campus Wednesday, as well as Staten Island Rep. Nicole Malliotakis .
House Republicans have been pummeling the heads of elite university institutions or months.
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