{"id":2233877,"date":"2024-04-30T16:55:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T20:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jamaal-bowman-excuses-columbia-students-who-stormed-building-the-protesters-are-gonna-do-what-they-got-to-do\/"},"modified":"2024-04-30T16:57:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T20:57:20","slug":"jamaal-bowman-excuses-columbia-students-who-stormed-building-the-protesters-are-gonna-do-what-they-got-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jamaal-bowman-excuses-columbia-students-who-stormed-building-the-protesters-are-gonna-do-what-they-got-to-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Jamaal Bowman supports Columbia students who stormed building: &#8220;Protesters will do what they need to do."},"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%2Fjamaal-bowman-excuses-columbia-students-who-stormed-building-the-protesters-are-gonna-do-what-they-got-to-do%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=2233877&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>New York congressman Jamaal Bowman \u200csupported Columbia University protesters who stormed a building, expressing understanding for their actions. He emphasized the importance of nonviolence and criticized the response from authorities. This is \u2063not the first time he has defended participants in anti-Israel activities. Bowman stood up\u200b for Rep. Ilhan Omar&#8217;s daughter when she \u2062was suspended for her involvement in a protest encampment.  <\/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<p><span>New York congressman Jamaal Bowman (D.) shrugged off the anti-Israel rioters at Columbia University who stormed a campus building overnight, smashing windows and causing the campus to effectively shut down in the morning. Bowman said the &#8220;protesters are gonna do what they got to do.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Rioters at the Ivy League university used a hammer to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/columbia-students-storm-university-building-and-hoist-banner-calling-for-intifada\/\" title=\"Columbia Students Rally at University Building, Display Banner Urging 'Intifada\">smash glass doors<\/a>, used tables as barricades, and hoisted an &#8220;intifada&#8221; banner while <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/columbia-students-storm-university-building-and-hoist-banner-calling-for-intifada\/\"><span>storming Hamilton Hall<\/span><\/a><span>  in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Protesters chanted, <\/span><span>&#8220;Settlers, settlers, go back home, Palestine is ours alone,&#8221; and &#8220;Long live the intifada.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Bowman said on Tuesday he disagreed with criticism of the rioters. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;The protesters are gonna do what they got to do. For me, it needs to just remain nonviolent, make sure no person is harmed in the process,&#8221; he told <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/mkraju\/status\/1785370825677222332?s=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>CNN<\/span><\/a><span>  on Tuesday. He added that he\u2019s &#8220;concerned about the heavy-handed repressive response from Columbia\u2019s president, New York City\u2019s mayor, and from states across the country.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This is not the first time Bowman has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/jamaal-bowman-defends-ilhan-omars-daughter-after-suspension-for-her-role-in-anti-israel-tent-city-at-columbia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>defended<\/span><\/a><span>  participants in the anti-Israel &#8220;Gaza Solidarity&#8221; tent encampment. After fellow &#8220;Squad&#8221; member Rep. Ilhan Omar\u2019s (D., Minn.) daughter was suspended from Columbia\u2019s sister campus Barnard College for her participation in the encampment, Bowman rushed to her defense, claiming the suspension was a result of retaliation, not punishment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;The day after [Omar] questioned Columbia leadership&#8217;s commitment to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jamaal-bowman-defends-ilhan-omars-daughter-after-suspension-for-her-role-in-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-jewish-coalition-rips-raphael-warnock-for-hatemongering-and-anti-israel-beliefs\/\" title=\"Republican Jewish Coalition Rips Raphael Warnock for \u2018Hatemongering\u2019 and Anti-Israel Beliefs\">anti-israel<\/a>-tent-city-at-columbia\/&#8221; title=&#8221;Jamaal Bowman supports Ilhan Omar&#8217;s daughter following her suspension for involvement in anti-Israel tent city at Columbia&#8221;>free academic expression<\/a>, the school suspended her daughter? It&#8217;s clear what is happening here. Our educational institutions should not be in the business of political reprisals,&#8221; Bowman <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JamaalBowmanNY\/status\/1781012538840306125\"><span>wrote<\/span><\/a><span>  in a post.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Isra Hirsi, Omar\u2019s daughter, participated in an unsanctioned &#8220;Gaza Solidarity&#8221; tent encampment erected on Columbia\u2019s property, which organizers said would stay in place <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/taliaotg\/status\/1780778021466615916\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>until<\/span><\/a><span>  the Ivy League school met their &#8220;demands&#8221; to &#8220;divest&#8221; from companies that do business with Israel. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Bowman recently attended an April Arab American Heritage and Culture Month ceremony with Maher Abdel-qader, a fundraiser who has spread anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and founded a Facebook group where Hamas terrorists are praised. Bowman, Omar, Rep. Cori Bush (D., Mo.), and Rep. Summer Lee (D., Pa.) <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/squad-members-cozy-up-to-anti-semitic-fundraiser-who-promoted-holocaust-denial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>posed for photos<\/span><\/a><span>  with Abdel-qader at the event. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In the wake of Hamas&#8217;s Oct. 7 attack, the two-term congressman has been hostile toward the Jewish state, accusing Israel of &#8220;mass murder,&#8221; &#8220;genocide,&#8221; and &#8220;ethnic cleansing.&#8221; <\/span>\t<\/p>\n<p><span>Bowman last month teamed up with Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) to raise money for his primary campaign. At the New York fundraiser, which was not held in his district, Bowman and Tlaib <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/jamaal-bowman-and-rashida-tlaib-lead-free-palestine-chant-at-joint-fundraising-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>led<\/span><\/a><span>  a &#8220;free Palestine&#8221; chant with donors. Tlaib <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/rashida-tlaib-says-she-doesnt-talk-to-people-who-use-racist-tropes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>refused to condemn<\/span><\/a><span>  Michigan protesters who chanted &#8220;death to Israel&#8221; and &#8220;death to America&#8221; in April. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Bowman, who did not return a request for comment, faces an embattled primary against pro-Israel opponent Westchester County executive George Latimer. The New York congressman, who finds himself <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/jamaal-bowman-defends-ilhan-omars-daughter-after-suspension-for-her-role-in-anti-israel-tent-city-at-columbia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>lagging<\/span><\/a><span>  17 points behind in a primary poll, will face off against Latimer at the ballot box in June. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York congressman Jamaal Bowman (D.) dismissed the anti-Israel rioters at Columbia University who stormed a building, causing the campus to shut down. Bowman stated, &#8220;protesters will do what they must.&#8221; The Ivy League rioters utilized a hammer in their actions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2020,"featured_media":2233878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1222280607-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2233877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1222280607-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2233877","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\/2020"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2233877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2233877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2233878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2233877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2233877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2233877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}