Summer Concepcion is a politics reporter for NBC News.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican presidential candidate, on Sunday defended his call to ban pro-Palestinian groups from state colleges as Israel expanded its ground offensive in Gaza following Hamas' attack on Oct. 7. In an exclusive interview on “Meet the Press,” NBC News' Kristen Welker asked DeSantis to respond to his Republican 2024 rival, Vivek Ramaswamy, who insisted that such a move would violate the First Amendment rights of the students.
“And so, yeah, you have a right to go out and demonstrate, but you can’t provide material support to terrorism.” He accused pro-Palestinian groups on campuses of having “linked themselves to Hamas.” “And so we absolutely decertified them. They should not get one red cent of taxpayer dollars,” he said. “And we also have strong laws in Florida against fundraising for groups like Hamas, and we are enforcing those vigorously. It’s not a First Amendment issue.
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