{"id":2229532,"date":"2024-04-24T19:04:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T23:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-delegation-arrives-at-columbia-to-call-for-shafiks-resignation\/"},"modified":"2024-04-24T19:06:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T23:06:20","slug":"gop-delegation-arrives-at-columbia-to-call-for-shafiks-resignation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-delegation-arrives-at-columbia-to-call-for-shafiks-resignation\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Delegation Arrives in Columbia to Demand Shafik&#8217;s Resignation"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fgop-delegation-arrives-at-columbia-to-call-for-shafiks-resignation%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=2229532&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>A group of GOP lawmakers, led by House Speaker Mike Johnson, demanded Columbia University&#8217;s president, Minouche Shafik, \u2063to resign \u200cdue to allegations of fostering hatred and anti-Semitism on campus. The legislators, including Virginia \u2064Foxx and Anthony \u200bD&#8217;Esposito, called for order amidst student\u2064 protests and warned \u200bof <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-looks-to-potential-legal-action-against-ex-twitter-lawyer-who-suppressed-hunter-story\/\" title=\"House GOP Looks to Potential Legal Action Against Ex-Twitter Lawyer Who Suppressed Hunter Story\">potential legal actions<\/a> to restore calm. The situation remains tense as calls for Shafik&#8217;s resignation persist.  <\/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<div>\n<h2>&#8216;We just can&#8217;t allow this kind of hatred and anti-Semitism to flourish on our campuses,&#8217; says Johnson<\/h2>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t(Washington Free Beacon)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>MANHATTAN\u2014A group of Republican lawmakers, led by House Speaker Mike Johnson (La.), descended on Columbia University on Wednesday and called for school president Minouche Shafik&#8217;s resignation.<\/p>\n<p>Their remarks, delivered at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-whitmer-media-caught-in-another-lie-anarchist-arrested-for-plot-to-kidnap-and-kill-whitmer-hates-president-trump-trump-is-a-tyrant-video\/\" title=\"Gov. Whitmer, Media Caught in Another Lie - Anarchist Arrested For Plot to Kidnap and Kill Whitmer Hates President Trump, 'Trump is a Tyrant' (VIDEO)\">press conference<\/a> on the steps of Columbia&#8217;s Low Library, elicited near-constant jeers from the student protesters, many of whom have also been demanding Shafik&#8217;s head.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson, who was joined by fellow Republican representatives Virginia Foxx (N.C.), Anthony D&#8217;Esposito (N.Y.), Mike Lawler (N.Y.), and Nicole Malliotakis (N.Y.), admonished Shafik for allowing &#8220;hatred and anti-Semitism to flourish&#8221; at the Ivy League institution. He also called for the arrest of the unauthorized student protesters who have occupied the school&#8217;s south lawn since last Wednesday, when Shafik testified before a House panel on the exclusion of anti-Semitism on the Manhattan campus.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We just can&#8217;t allow this kind of hatred and anti-Semitism to flourish on our campuses, and it must be stopped in its tracks,&#8221; Johnson said. &#8220;Those who are perpetrating this violence should be arrested.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am here joining my colleagues and calling on president Shafik to resign if she cannot immediately bring order to this chaos,&#8221; the speaker said.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson told the <i>Washington Free Beacon <\/i>that if Shafik fails to take immediate action, Columbia&#8217;s board must find a leader who will.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/7-republicans-who-found-trump-guilty-of-inciting-capitol-riot-explain-their-votes\/\" title=\"7 Republicans Who Found Trump \u2018Guilty\u2019 Of Inciting Capitol Riot Explain Their Votes\">dangerous situation<\/a>, and we met with Jewish students today who are in legitimate fear of their physical safety,&#8221; Johnson said in an interview following the press conference. &#8220;They can&#8217;t attend classes, they can&#8217;t study for their finals\u2014it&#8217;s already stressful enough, right?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A university administrator has one first and basic responsibility, and that is the safety and security of their students,&#8221; he went on. &#8220;If they cannot maintain that, they need to find somebody who can.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Foxx, who chairs the House committee that is investigating Columbia, said she has uncovered &#8220;key failures in the administration&#8217;s response to anti-Semitic attacks and displays embroiling this campus.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She told the <i>Free Beacon <\/i>that Shafik must implement &#8220;some kind of penalty&#8221; if unauthorized protesters do not leave the encampment voluntarily and that there should be no limit on the number of students arrested or suspended.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If they&#8217;ve broken the rules, they should be suspended or arrested,&#8221; Foxx said. &#8220;I mean, what would you do in the general population if you said, &#8216;Well, OK, the first 9 people who rob a bank, we&#8217;re gonna charge you, but the 10th person, you get off&#8217;?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The rule of law applies to everybody,&#8221; Foxx said.<\/p>\n<p>Student protesters did not take kindly to the House Republican press conference. A large crowd assembled around the stage to heckle the lawmakers with chants of &#8220;Get the fuck off our campus&#8221; and &#8220;Go back to Louisiana.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Johnson was unwavering in his message to the students inside the encampment, telling them to &#8220;go back to class and stop the nonsense.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Stop wasting your parents&#8217; money,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>D&#8217;Esposito, who represents New York&#8217;s fourth district, had the following message for the student protesters: &#8220;If you are proud you&#8217;ve been endorsed by Hamas, you are part of the problem.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Fuck you, you can die in hell, bitch, fuck you,&#8221; a protester shouted in response.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson also floated the prospect of calling in the National Guard to restore order on campus, saying he planned to call President Joe Biden and press the idea.<\/p>\n<p>While the student group behind the unauthorized encampment, Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine, said university leaders <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ColumbiaSJP\/status\/1782986207892250850\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">threatened to call in the National Guard<\/a> during negotiations last night, the school&#8217;s head of communications, Ben Chang, denied the charge.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That is untrue and an unsubstantiated claim,&#8221; Chang said during a press call held minutes after Johnson&#8217;s speech concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Chang said he was &#8220;a little under the weather&#8221; and did not take live questions.\t<\/p>\n<p>Johnson&#8217;s visit to campus came just hours after Shafik set a midnight deadline for protesters to clear the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-president-shafik-extends-deadline-to-clear-encampment-12-am-8-am-48-hours\/\" title=\"Columbia President Shafik extends deadline to clear encampment to 12 AM, 8 AM, and 48 hours\">unauthorized tent encampment<\/a>, only to <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/columbia-president-shafik-extends-deadline-to-clear-encampment-12-am-8-am-48-hours\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">push that deadline back twice<\/a>, first to 8 a.m. and then to 48 hours later. The university went on to release a 3 a.m. statement, which touted a &#8220;constructive dialogue&#8221; with student protesters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Student protesters have taken steps to make the encampment welcome to all and have prohibited discriminatory or harassing language,&#8221; a university spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Published under:<\/strong> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/anti-semitism\/\" title=\"View all posts in Anti-Semitism\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAnti-Semitism\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/college-students\/\" title=\"View all posts in College Students\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCollege Students\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/columbia-university\/\" title=\"View all posts in Columbia University\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tColumbia University\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/house-of-representatives\/\" title=\"View all posts in House of Representatives\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tHouse of Representatives\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/jewish-community\/\" title=\"View all posts in Jewish Community\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJewish Community\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" title=\"View all posts in Mike Johnson\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMike Johnson\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/national-guard\/\" title=\"View all posts in National Guard\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNational Guard\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/new-york\/\" title=\"View all posts in New York\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew York\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/new-york-city\/\" title=\"View all posts in New York City\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNew York City\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/nicole-malliotakis\/\" title=\"View all posts in Nicole Malliotakis\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNicole Malliotakis\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/protests\/\" title=\"View all posts in Protests\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tProtests\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/republicans\/\" title=\"View all posts in Republicans\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRepublicans\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/virginia-foxx\/\" title=\"View all posts in Virginia Foxx\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVirginia Foxx\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We can&#8217;t tolerate such hatred and anti-Semitism at our campuses,&#8221; affirmed Johnson. A team of GOP legislators, headed by House Speaker Mike Johnson (La.), visited Columbia University, urging the resignation of president Minouche Shafik. 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