{"id":2232775,"date":"2024-04-29T14:50:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T18:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-dems-join-republicans-in-pressing-for-resignations-if-columbia-does-not-crack-down-on-anti-israel-protests\/"},"modified":"2024-04-29T14:52:03","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T18:52:03","slug":"house-dems-join-republicans-in-pressing-for-resignations-if-columbia-does-not-crack-down-on-anti-israel-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-dems-join-republicans-in-pressing-for-resignations-if-columbia-does-not-crack-down-on-anti-israel-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"House Democrats and Republicans unite in calling for resignations if Columbia fails to address anti-Israel protests"},"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%2Fhouse-dems-join-republicans-in-pressing-for-resignations-if-columbia-does-not-crack-down-on-anti-israel-protests%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=2232775&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>House Democrats and Republicans are urging Columbia University to address the encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters that has \u200ddisrupted \u200dcampus life\u200d and endangered Jewish students. Efforts to disband the \u2063protest have led to \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cdc-director-schools-are-safe-places-for-kids-during-pandemic\/\" title=\"CDC Director: Schools Are Safe Places for Kids During Pandemic\">remote learning<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-after-cancellation-attempt-mike-pences-u-of-virginia-speech-will-prove-the-value-of-the-first-amendment\/\" title=\"Exclusive: After Cancellation Attempt, Mike Pence's U. of Virginia Speech Will Prove the 'Value of the First Amendment'\">hybrid classes<\/a>. The bipartisan group\u2064 demands\u2064 decisive action and \u2063threatens resignations if the university fails to \u200duphold \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-read-the-memo-provided-to-vp-pence-noting-that-he-has-the-opportunity-to-save-the-country\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Read the Memo Provided to VP Pence Noting that He Has the Opportunity to Save the Country\">legal obligations<\/a>,\u2062 emphasizing the need for campus safety and order.  <\/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>On Monday, nearly two dozen House Democrats called on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/columbia-university\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Columbia University<\/a> to put an end to the encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters at the New York City campus, joining their Republican colleagues in demanding a crackdown.<\/p>\n<p>The group of 21 members, including former Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD), said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeKhalilTV\/status\/1784928754780836061\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> to the Trustees of Columbia University that the demonstrations had created a hazardous learning environment for Jewish students in \u201capparent violation\u201d of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.<\/p>\n<p>Reports of anti-Semitic harassment led a campus rabbi to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/columbia-rabbi-warns-of-extreme-antisemitism-advises-jewish-students-to-return-home-asap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">warn<\/a> Jewish students to go home for safety reasons. As attempts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/education\/2024\/04\/18\/columbia-student-gaza-protests-nypd\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">uproot tents and detain<\/a> protesters failed to quell the anti-Israel demonstrations, Colombia shifted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/columbia-university-moves-to-remote-learning-as-campus-rancor-puts-jewish-students-on-edge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">remote learning<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/04\/23\/us-news\/columbia-university-moves-to-hybrid-classes-for-rest-of-semester\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hybrid classes<\/a> at the main campus.<\/p>\n<p>Columbia President Minouche Shafik announced on Monday that talks with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kentucky-police-officer-fired-for-giving-black-lives-matter-protest-leader-info-on-cops\/\" title=\"Kentucky Police Officer Fired For Giving Black Lives Matter Protest Leader Info On Cops\">protest organizers<\/a> had stalled and declared that the university would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/columbia-university-will-not-divest-from-israel-president-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not meet one of their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democracy-in-peril-authoritarian-conquest-looms-over-much-of-the-world-as-2021-ends\/\" title=\"Democracy in Peril: Authoritarian Conquest Looms over Much of the World as 2021 Ends\">key demands<\/a><\/a>: divesting from Israel amid its war against Hamas in Gaza. Students were given until 2 p.m. to leave the encampment or face penalties.<\/p>\n<p>The 21 Democrats said they \u201cappreciate\u201d efforts by Columbia to negotiate and put an end to the lawn encampment but stated that \u201cit is now abundantly clear the students and activists\u201d are \u201cunwilling to enter a reasonable agreement to disband.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who violate the law cannot dictate the terms of the University\u2019s ability to comply with that law. It is past time for the University to act decisively, disband the encampment, and ensure the safety and security of all its students,\u201d the group said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe time for negotiation is over; the time for action is now,\u201d they added. \u201cIt is ultimately the responsibility of the Board of Trustees to act. If any Trustees are unwilling to do this, they should resign so that they can be replaced by individuals who will uphold the University\u2019s legal obligations under Title VI.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Republican lawmakers led the charge in clamoring for resignations at Columbia. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and other GOP members called on Shafik to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/speaker-johnson-calls-on-columbia-president-shafik-to-resign-very-weak-inept-leader\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">step down<\/a> if she could not restore order to campus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m here today joining my colleagues and calling on President Shafik to resign if she cannot immediately bring order to this chaos,\u201d Johnson said during a visit to the university.<\/p>\n<p>Reps. Dan Goldman (D-NY) and Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), both Jewish, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/business\/live-news\/columbia-yale-protests-passover-04-22-24\/h_92da456e07a901ef75c013f7f0be8cba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">spearheaded<\/a> the Monday letter. They joined Democratic colleagues in a visit to Columbia last week to speak out against anti-Semitism.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1714129450076000&#038;usg=AOvVaw11MUL_oXewNl-yGfGqnuu8\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>At least one Democrat in the Senate, Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA), has been vocal in saying that Shafik <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/4612019-fetterman-columbia-president-protests-resign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">should resign<\/a> if she is unable to maintain a safe environment for all students on campus. Last week, President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2024\/04\/22\/remarks-by-president-biden-in-press-gaggle-triangle-va\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">would not call<\/a> on Shafik to step down, but he did condemn \u201cantisemitic protests\u201d and \u201cthose who don\u2019t understand what\u2019s going on with the Palestinians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other Democrats, particularly members of the leftist \u201cSquad\u201d in the House, have been more sympathetic to the pro-Palestinian demonstrators at Columbia and universities across the country where the demonstrations have taken place.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) visited the encampment at Columbia University last week and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/aoc-praises-columbia-protest-encampment-after-student-leader-said-zionists-dont-deserve-to-live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">praised<\/a> the leadership of the protest as \u201cso excellent.\u201d Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) said she was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ilhan-omar-is-enormously-proud-of-daughter-who-was-arrested-at-anti-israel-protest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cenormously proud\u201d<\/a> of her daughter, Isra Hirsi, who was arrested while participating in an anti-Israel protest at the school.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nearly 21 House Democrats, led by former Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, join Republicans in urging Columbia University to dismantle the pro-Palestinian protest encampment on campus. The bipartisan group demands swift action in a letter to the University Trustees, emphasizing the need for a crackdown on the demonstrations deemed disruptive<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":2232776,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-2147829134-scaled-e1714412166572.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2232775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-2147829134-scaled-e1714412166572.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2232775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1588"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2232775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2232775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2232776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2232775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2232775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2232775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}