{"id":2228528,"date":"2024-04-23T19:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T23:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-aoc-sends-signal-to-college-protesters-within-hours-mob-forces-columbia-to-take-drastic-action\/"},"modified":"2024-04-23T19:44:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T23:44:23","slug":"watch-aoc-sends-signal-to-college-protesters-within-hours-mob-forces-columbia-to-take-drastic-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-aoc-sends-signal-to-college-protesters-within-hours-mob-forces-columbia-to-take-drastic-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Check out: AOC&#8217;s Message Sparks Immediate Response from College Protesters, Prompts Drastic Change at Columbia"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-aoc-sends-signal-to-college-protesters-within-hours-mob-forces-columbia-to-take-drastic-action%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2228528&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article by Mike Landry on April 23, 2024, discusses\u200c the significance of the\u200b phrase \u201cNever again\u201d in relation to the Holocaust\u200d and Israel&#8217;s\u200d establishment.\u2062 It highlights the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-progress-stalls-as-republicans-appear-to-walk-back-stopgap-spending-deal\/\" title=\"House progress stalls as Republicans backtrack on stopgap spending deal.\">current challenges faced<\/a> by Jewish students at American universities amidst \u2062pro-Palestinian activism, with a\u200b focus on recent events at \u200cColumbia University. The piece also mentions \u2064political figures \u200dlike Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and \u200dJohn \u2062Fetterman&#8217;s responses\u2062 to the situation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/commentary\/\">  Commentary <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/mlandry\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/mlandry\/%20\"><span>Mike Landry<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   April 23, 2024 at 3:34pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>What part of \u201cNever again\u201d do they not understand?<\/p>\n<p>For decades, the two words have been used as a declaration that nothing like the Holocaust of the 1930s and \u201940s would ever again be visited upon the world\u2019s Jews.<\/p>\n<p>Never. Again.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why Israel was reconvened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNever again\u201d was once a common phrase on the campuses of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/corporate-media-forget-their-racist-past-when-lecturing-about-reparations\/\" title=\"Corporate media conveniently overlook their own racist history while attempting to lecture on the topic of reparations.\">leftist universities<\/a> with large numbers of Jewish students and faculty.<\/p>\n<p>Not anymore.<\/p>\n<p>America\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/destroyed-in-the-name-of-wokeness-sf-forces-top-high-school-to-eliminate-merit-based-admissions\/\" title=\"\u2018Destroyed In The Name Of Wokeness\u2019: SF Forces Top High School To Eliminate Merit-Based Admissions\">elite universities<\/a> are being torn apart by pro-Palestinian activists \u2014 foreign and domestic \u2014 launching vicious demonstrations against Israel\u2019s defense of itself following the Hamas terrorist attacks on Oct. 7.<\/p>\n<p>And, no surprise here, the vitriol is not limited to Israel \u2014 it is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/columbia-rabbi-issues-urgent-warning-jewish-students-campus-chaos-spirals-return-home-soon-possible\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">targeting Jews<\/a>.\u00a0Some receive abuse just walking down the street.<\/p>\n<p>One woman, a Columbia graduate student wearing an Israeli flag, said she was hit with anti-Semitic hostility upon exiting a New York City subway, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/news\/columbia-university-closes-campus-as-hundreds-of-anti-israel-student-protesters-occupy-quad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Review<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can tell you in the past 30 seconds that I got off the train I was called a \u2018Zionist b****,&#8217;\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019ve been called a \u2018genocidal b****.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been called 30 other forms of \u2018genocidal b****\u2019 within the last 30 seconds just walking over to the street. And that\u2019s very typical of an experience for a Jewish student on this campus today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The woman told\u00a0of a fellow student spit upon \u201cjust because she looks Jewish.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve seen this before. Not just in Germany, but for centuries, almost as long as there have been Hebrews on God\u2019s Earth.<\/p>\n<p>Now New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has chimed in on the campus rallies against Israel. So has a fellow Democrat, Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman.<\/p>\n<p>Since Ocasio-Cortez always seems to be on the wrong side of history, she, of course, favors the pro-Palestinian demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p>Fetterman, who continues to surprise despite his party affiliation, is opposed.<\/p>\n<p>AOC celebrated the anti-Israel protests while speaking Monday at an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2024\/04\/22\/remarks-by-president-biden-to-commemorate-earth-day-triangle-va\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Earth Day event<\/a> in Virginia with President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is especially important that we remember the power of young people shaping this country today of all days, as we once again witness the leadership of those peaceful student-led protests on campuses like Columbia, Yale, Berkeley and many others,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fqSY0eiFWWQ?si=0Wt5crrD6H0-EW2L&#038;start=877\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The leftist congresswoman has at least <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/enough-enough-aoc-gets-primary-challenger-promising-combat-radical-progressive-policies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">one fan<\/a> in a powerful place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRepresentative Ocasio-Cortez of New York \u2014 you know, I learned a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-franklins-name-scrubbed-from-tacoma-city-park\/\" title=\"Ben Franklin\u2019s Name Scrubbed From Tacoma City Park\">long time ago<\/a>: Listen to that lady. Listen to that lady,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Biden recognizes AOC: \u201cYou know, I learned a long time ago listening to that lady, listening to that lady \u2014 we\u2019re gonna talk more about another part of the world, too, real quickly\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/advDYpAtdO\">pic.twitter.com\/advDYpAtdO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1782484335720833440?\">April 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the wake of Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s comments, the ugliness intensified at Columbia and spread south to the campus of New York University, where demonstrators <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScooterCasterNY\/status\/1782572244079624594\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">clashed with police<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a> massive police presence begins MAKING ARRESTS as NYU protesters continue to defy NYPD orders to disperse as they join Columbia University by setting up \u2018Liberated Zone\u2019 occupation on NYU campus.<\/p>\n<p>Video by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yyeeaahhhboiii2?\">@yyeeaahhhboiii2<\/a> Desk@freedomnews.tv to license <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mJXtT8XUst\">pic.twitter.com\/mJXtT8XUst<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Oliya Scootercaster \ud83d\udef4 (@ScooterCasterNY) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScooterCasterNY\/status\/1782568759590367662?\">April 23, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As things continued to escalate, Columbia announced Monday night that classes would be hybrid through the end of the spring semester.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSafety is our highest priority,\u201d the university said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/provost.columbia.edu\/news\/guidelines-teaching-student-accommodations-and-staff-campus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">memo<\/a> to students and faculty \u2014 seemingly acknowledging how unsafe Jewish students have been feeling.<\/p>\n<p>While AOC celebrated the supposedly \u201cpeaceful protests,\u201d Fetterman had a different view.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese protests are antisemitic, unconscionable, and dangerous,\u201d the senator said in a Sunday post on X.<\/p>\n<p>He called upon Columbia President Minouche Shafik to \u201cdo your job or resign.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I fully agree with the White House\u2014these \u201cprotests\u201d are antisemitic, unconscionable, and dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>Add some tiki torches and it\u2019s Charlottesville for these Jewish students.<\/p>\n<p>To <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Columbia?\">@Columbia<\/a> President Minouche Shafik: do your job or resign so Columbia can find someone who will. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/azqfpWE5fx\">pic.twitter.com\/azqfpWE5fx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator John Fetterman (@SenFettermanPA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenFettermanPA\/status\/1782200162846220730?\">April 22, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As Shafik testified before Congress last week, protesters were on campus chanting, \u201cFrom the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,\u201d and accusing Columbia of supporting genocide, according to National Review.<\/p>\n<p>Before the House Workforce and Education Committee, the university president said she had not witnessed any \u201canti-Jewish\u201d demonstrations on campus.<\/p>\n<p>Rather, Shafik allied herself with Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s close political ally and fellow \u201csquad\u201d member, who said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/squad-member-ilhan-omars-daughter-suspended-university-anti-israel-protest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">campus demonstrations<\/a> are focused only on the issues of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/23-conservative-movies-that-defy-the-hollywood-trend\/\" title=\"23 Conservative Movies That Defy The Hollywood Trend\">pro-war<\/a> and anti-war.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">President of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Columbia?\">@Columbia<\/a> Univ., Minouche Shafik, tells <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IlhanMN?\">@IlhanMN<\/a> that she hasn\u2019t seen any anti-Jewish protests at her school <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CwaoIlhV5K\">pic.twitter.com\/CwaoIlhV5K<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomselliott\/status\/1780648130658050100?\">April 17, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>So far, I\u2019ve heard no one in the current turmoil voice the words \u201cNever again.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>\u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d Those 12 words have been stuck in my head since I first read them. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Former Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn recently made that comment to Floyd Brown, founder of The Western Journal. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>And if the leftists and the elites get their way, that\u2019s exactly what will happen \u2014 no real election, no real choice for the Electoral College, and no real say for the American people. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal is fighting to keep that from happening, but we can\u2019t do it alone.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We work tirelessly to expose the lying leftist media and the corrupt America-hating elites.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>But Big Tech\u2019s stranglehold is now so tight that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without help<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  from you, we will not be able to continue the fight. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The 2024 election is literally the most important election for every living American. We have to unite and fight for our country, otherwise we will lose it. And if we lose the America we love in 2024, we\u2019ll lose it for good. Can we <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>count on you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  to help? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>With you we will be able to field journalists, do more investigative work, expose more corruption, and get desperately needed truth to millions of Americans. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We can do this only with your help. Please don\u2019t wait one minute.<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>  Donate right now<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Thank you for reading,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. Please <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>  today.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"after-article-tags\">\n<p>  Tags:<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tag\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez\/\" rel=\"tag\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tag\/american-left\/\" rel=\"tag\">American left<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tag\/anti-semitism\/\" rel=\"tag\">Anti-Semitism<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tag\/colleges-and-universities\/\" rel=\"tag\">Colleges and universities<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tag\/democrats\/\" rel=\"tag\">Democrats<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tag\/israel\/\" rel=\"tag\">Israel<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" rel=\"tag\">Joe Biden<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tag\/john-fetterman\/\" rel=\"tag\">John Fetterman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tag\/new-york-city-nyc\/\" rel=\"tag\">New York City<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tag\/palestinians\/\" rel=\"tag\">Palestinians<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tag\/politics\/\" rel=\"tag\">Politics<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tag\/protests\/\" rel=\"tag\">Protests<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tag\/us-news\/\" rel=\"tag\">U.S. News<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-45512\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/mlandry\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-45512\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-45512\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-45512\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-45512\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Mike Landry, PhD, is a retired business professor. He has been a journalist, broadcaster and church pastor. He writes from Northwest Arkansas on current events and business history.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Mike Landry, PhD, is a retired business professor. He has been a journalist, broadcaster and church pastor. He writes from Northwest Arkansas on current events and business history. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a commentary by Mike Landry on April 23, 2024, at 3:34 pm, the question arises: What part of \u201cNever again\u201d remains unclear? These words symbolize the commitment to prevent any repetition of the Holocaust. 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