{"id":2229186,"date":"2024-04-24T13:55:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T17:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-selling-out-gop-voters-on-the-border-mike-johnson-courts-democrats-at-columbia-university\/"},"modified":"2024-04-24T13:58:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T17:58:45","slug":"after-selling-out-gop-voters-on-the-border-mike-johnson-courts-democrats-at-columbia-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-selling-out-gop-voters-on-the-border-mike-johnson-courts-democrats-at-columbia-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Johnson shifts focus to Democrats at Columbia University after disappointing GOP voters on border issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Fafter-selling-out-gop-voters-on-the-border-mike-johnson-courts-democrats-at-columbia-university%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=2229186&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 discusses House\u200d Speaker Mike Johnson&#8217;s response to antisemitism and the\u2064 chaos at\u200d Columbia University.\u200d Johnson&#8217;s press conference \u200cis criticized as \u200da distraction from serious issues, calling for National Guard\u2064 intervention to\u200c address the concerning situation on campus. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/time-magazine-takes-chinese-cash-to-promote-controversial-drone-business\/\" title=\"Time Magazine Takes Chinese Cash To Promote Controversial Drone Business\">article highlights<\/a> the escalating antisemitism and the need for action to\u200d ensure the safety of Jewish students. The article\u200d delves into House Speaker Mike Johnson&#8217;s handling\u2062 of antisemitism and Columbia University&#8217;s chaos. Criticism surrounds Johnson&#8217;s press conference diversion from pressing matters, urging National Guard involvement to address campus tensions. It underscores escalating antisemitism and the critical\u2062 need to safeguard Jewish students.  <\/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<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson thinks he has some things to say about antisemitism after <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/04\/23\/speaker-johnson-allies-himself-with-gop-hating-republicans-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">selling out<\/a> all credibility Republicans had left on the border crisis. <\/p>\n<p>Later today, the Republican House leader <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MatthewFoldi\/status\/1782886320785736170\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">will <\/a>give a pointless press conference at Columbia University as the Ivy League school descends into chaos with terrorist sympathizers taking over campus. But the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rand-paul-presses-johns-hopkins-dean-on-pro-choice-hypocrisy\/\" title=\"Rand Paul Presses Johns Hopkins Dean on \"Pro Choice\" Hypocrisy\">university doesn\u2019<\/a>t need a visit from a clout-chasing politician trying to turn the news cycle away from an embarrassing performance on Capitol Hill. What the school needs is the National Guard.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2-long d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-798051457\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1379703300879-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-4ada47fbeecf8453376ffef24020a7f4 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-4ada47fbeecf8453376ffef24020a7f4\"><\/div>\n<p>On Tuesday, university officials <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/04\/23\/us-news\/columbia-university-moves-to-hybrid-classes-for-rest-of-semester\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced <\/a>students would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/japanese-prime-minister-appoints-minister-of-loneliness-to-combat-rise-in-suicide\/\" title=\"Japanese Prime Minister Appoints \u2018Minister Of Loneliness\u2019 To Combat Rise In Suicide\">attend classes<\/a> on a hybrid model for the rest of the semester after canceling in-person classes Monday amid the sustained demonstrations. Protests erupted the same day university leadership <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/04\/18\/columbia-president-suggests-faculty-dont-know-how-to-spell-to-dodge-scrutiny-for-dei-nonsense\/\">te<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/04\/18\/columbia-president-suggests-faculty-dont-know-how-to-spell-to-dodge-scrutiny-for-dei-nonsense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">s<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/04\/18\/columbia-president-suggests-faculty-dont-know-how-to-spell-to-dodge-scrutiny-for-dei-nonsense\/\">tified <\/a>on antisemitism before the House Education and Workforce Committee. <\/p>\n<p>The anti-Jewish <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NeriaKraus\/status\/1782258191973089715\">scenes <\/a>playing out on campus are reminiscent of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yadvashem.org\/articles\/academic\/expulsion-of-non-aryan-students.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1930s Germany<\/a> as episodes of antisemitism <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/live-news\/antisemitism-campus-surges-agitators-take-over-columbia-yale-universities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">spike <\/a>at Columbia and other allegedly \u201celite\u201d universities, emboldened by the New York protests. On Sunday, a rabbi at Columbia claimed the environment was so dangerous for Jews, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/who-rabbi-elie-buechler-jewish-leader-urging-students-leave-columbia-1892808\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">urged <\/a>Jewish students to go home. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt deeply pains me to say that I would strongly recommend you return home as soon as possible and remain home until the reality in and around campus has dramatically improved,\u201d Rabbi Elie Buechler said. \u201cIt is not our job as Jews to ensure our own safety on campus. No one should have to endure this level of hatred, let alone at school.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"kBGWg7x5Bh7jVNLFV32wamETQd0yYMuv3P1OHDPbKC1c6oX94mUOpgJEDhfA2rwKQCxckfF9tRIJ8L5Iade\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">At the Palestine CHAZ-style occupation at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Columbia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Columbia<\/a> University, extremist Muslims praise and encourage martyrdom for Islam. (\u201cMother of the shahid, how lucky you are.\u201d) Many Muslims believe in killing and dying to further their religion.   <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qvDFFsMapo\">pic.twitter.com\/qvDFFsMapo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andy Ng\u00f4 \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 (@MrAndyNgo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrAndyNgo\/status\/1782783969273999745?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Republican senators <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/04\/22\/columbia-new-york-troops-00153651\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">called<\/a> on President Joe Biden to deploy the National Guard to the school on Monday. What the university\u2019s Jewish students are getting instead is a visit from Johnson just after a performative <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/04\/17\/mike-johnson-promised-to-fix-the-border-before-funneling-money-overseas-hes-doing-the-opposite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">visit <\/a>to the southern border yielded $95 billion for other countries and exactly zero for American border security. How inspiring. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-f6e653b50f47fb1b169be1057af91a35 fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-6\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-f6e653b50f47fb1b169be1057af91a35\"><\/div>\n<p>Where was this energy from Republicans targeting higher education when professors <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/08\/25\/wisconsin-professor-taxpayers-pay-six-figure-salary-cheers-rioters-on-twitter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cheered rioting<\/a> in 2020? Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, opted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Cv1pp6iKJik\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">march <\/a>with the far-left demonstrators who ultimately <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/09\/16\/study-up-to-95-percent-of-2020-u-s-riots-are-linked-to-black-lives-matter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tore up the country<\/a> under the banner of \u201cBlack Lives Matter.\u201d Indiana gubernatorial frontrunner and U.S. Sen. Mike Braun sought to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6168146026001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">capitulate <\/a>to the movement on policing reform. <\/p>\n<p>But at least Republicans publicly opposed Democrats\u2019 chants of \u201cDefund the police\u201d in 2020. Not so much on the open border. The Republican Party lost its credibility on the border under Johnson and Senate Republican Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/02\/14\/new-ad-proves-mitch-mcconnells-open-border-deal-was-a-huge-gift-to-dems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mitch McConnell<\/a>, who gave up on the migrant crisis without even trying. <\/p>\n<p>Conservatives who demanded a tougher response to rampant lawlessness in 2020 were villainized by the media. When Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., who signed the letter this week demanding the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-calls-for-special-counsel-to-investigate-the-2020-presidential-election\/\" title=\"President Trump Calls for Special Counsel to Investigate the 2020 Presidential Election\">president call<\/a> up the National Guard at Columbia, did the same amid the riots in 2020 with a column in the New York Times, the editor who okayed the op-ed was <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/06\/08\/new-york-times-editor-resigns-following-publication-of-tom-cotton-op-ed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ousted <\/a>from the paper. New York Times activist staffers had <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/06\/04\/tom-cotton-forced-the-new-york-times-to-reveal-its-intellectual-bankruptcy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">responded <\/a>to the column with outrage, posting on social media, \u201cRunning this puts Black [New York Times] staffers in danger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Republicans showed very little effective opposition to racial hatred-fomenting riots in 2020 that burned down Main Streets across the country, they\u2019re elated to oppose racism against Jews, the majority of whom vote for Democrats. Republicans have been holding high-profile hearings with Ivy League leadership to embarrass higher education as another corporate industry radicalized by far-left ideologues. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-b6922e8485a595621adbbf0ebbfa85db fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-10\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-b6922e8485a595621adbbf0ebbfa85db\"><\/div>\n<p>Last fall, two of the three university presidents who testified before House lawmakers resigned by the new year. Last week, Columbia University President Nemat \u201cMinouche\u201d Shafik followed their performance by <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/04\/18\/columbia-president-suggests-faculty-dont-know-how-to-spell-to-dodge-scrutiny-for-dei-nonsense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">questioning <\/a>the literacy of her own faculty. When Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind, pressed Shafik on why a school handbook spelled \u201cfolks\u201d as \u2018f-o-l-x,\u2019 Shafik shrugged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey don\u2019t know how to spell?\u201d she suggested. \u201cI mean, I\u2019m not familiar with that spelling.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-4239558d41bd7c7d832fcab249911cac fdrlst__b89e9-after-post-content\" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-4239558d41bd7c7d832fcab249911cac\"><\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">    \t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson attempts to address antisemitism after losing Republican support on border issues. 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