{"id":2233828,"date":"2024-04-30T16:08:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T20:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speaker-johnson-urges-biden-to-visit-campus-protests-time-for-decisive-leadership\/"},"modified":"2024-04-30T16:10:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T20:10:31","slug":"speaker-johnson-urges-biden-to-visit-campus-protests-time-for-decisive-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speaker-johnson-urges-biden-to-visit-campus-protests-time-for-decisive-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Johnson calls on President Biden to attend campus protests, emphasizing the need for strong leadership"},"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%2Fspeaker-johnson-urges-biden-to-visit-campus-protests-time-for-decisive-leadership%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=2233828&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 Speaker Mike \u200dJohnson \u200b(R-LA) has urged President Joe Biden to visit a\u200c pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia\u200b University, citing a lack of \u2063leadership. Johnson contacted the White House after visiting Columbia \u2064and called for Biden to witness the protests firsthand. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-shows-anti-israel-columbia-protester-stomping-on-american-flags-taken-from-yaf-display\/\" title=\"Video captures protester at Columbia University stomping on American flags from YAF exhibit\">student encampment<\/a> has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ga-republicans-launch-stop-stacey-effort-ahead-of-possible-abrams-2022-announcement\/\" title=\"GA Republicans Launch \u2018Stop Stacey\u2019 Effort Ahead Of Possible Abrams 2022 Announcement\">gained national attention<\/a>, highlighting the need for action. House Speaker Mike Johnson \u200c(R-LA) calls\u2063 on President \u2062Joe Biden to attend a pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia University \u2063due to a perceived absence of leadership. Following\u2064 his visit to\u2064 Columbia, \u2063Johnson reached out to \u2063the White\u2062 House, emphasizing the importance of\u200c Biden experiencing the protests \u2062directly. \u200bThe student encampment&#8217;s national prominence underscores the\u200b necessity for prompt action.  <\/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 data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is pressing President Joe Biden to visit a growing pro-Palestinian protest on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/columbia-university\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Columbia University\u2019s<\/a> campus, lamenting there has been a \u201cvacuum of leadership\u201d as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2982824\/house-democrats-call-columbia-officials-disband-pro-palestinian-protests-resign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>student encampment continues to garner national attention<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Johnson said he contacted the White House shortly after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2977491\/mike-johnson-calls-on-weak-inept-columbia-president-to-resign-over-israel-gaza-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>making his own visit to Columbia<\/a> last week with a plea to the president to visit the campus and see the protests for himself. The speaker said he spoke with a senior policy adviser and \u201cdid not connect immediately\u201d with Biden on the issue. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not a gray issue. There is right and wrong here,\u201d Johnson told reporters on Tuesday. \u201cThere\u2019s good and evil, in my view, and we need to call it out for what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>contacted the White House for comment. Biden was in New York City recently where he sat down for an interview with radio host Howard Stern, but did not stop by campus.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson\u2019s call comes as lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have condemned the pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University that have spread to other college campuses across the country over the last week. Lawmakers have even gone so far as to call on university officials to resign if they cannot quash the protests, which have stoked fear among some Jewish students and prompted some of them to leave altogether. <\/p>\n<p>Columbia officials said they have been in talks with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/student-activists-at-catholic-university-protest-mlks-pro-life-trump-supporting-niece\/\" title=\"Student Activists At Catholic University Protest MLK\u2019s Pro-Life, Trump-Supporting Niece\">student organizers<\/a> over the last week on how to move forward with complying with university rules, although President Minouche Shafik said they were \u201cnot able to come to an agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Republicans and Democrats alike have decried the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-training-documents-insist-america-founded-on-systemic-racism-tell-employees-to-reject-equality\/\" title=\"Disney Training Documents Insist America Founded On \u2018Systemic Racism,\u201d Tell Employees To Reject \u2018Equality\u2019\">protests due<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-repeats-same-story-nearly-word-for-word-within-minutes-of-each-other\/\" title=\"Biden Repeats Same Story Back-to-Back\">antisemitic chants<\/a> and signs being displayed at some of the protests. However, several student organizers have argued much of that behavior is unrelated to their demonstrations and has come from outside groups. <\/p>\n<p>Still, the discussion is expected to be at the forefront of Congress\u2019s attention this week as the House takes up a proposal to codify a Trump-era executive order that would direct the Education Department to treat antisemitism as a Civil Rights Act violation on college campuses. The bill could cause a rift among House Democrats as party members have argued over what constitutes antisemitic behavior.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) urges President Joe Biden to join the pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia University, citing a lack of leadership during the ongoing student encampment. Johnson&#8217;s call comes following his recent visit to the campus, prompting him to reach out to the White House for action<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2640,"featured_media":2233829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24121544398771-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2233828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24121544398771-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2233828","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\/2640"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2233828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2233828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2233829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2233828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2233828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2233828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}