{"id":2234068,"date":"2024-04-30T19:49:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T23:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-unveils-chamber-wide-crackdown-on-campus-anti-semitism\/"},"modified":"2024-04-30T19:52:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T23:52:53","slug":"house-gop-unveils-chamber-wide-crackdown-on-campus-anti-semitism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-unveils-chamber-wide-crackdown-on-campus-anti-semitism\/","title":{"rendered":"House Republicans Introduce Plan to Combat Anti-Semitism on College Campuses"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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-gop-unveils-chamber-wide-crackdown-on-campus-anti-semitism%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=2234068&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 \u2063GOP leaders, including\u200b House Speaker Mike Johnson, launched\u2063 an initiative to combat anti-Semitism on college campuses amid pro-Palestinian protests \u200clinked to the Israel-Hamas conflict. The effort focuses on reviewing \u200dfederal funding and addressing foreign student visa holders sympathetic to terrorist groups on U.S. \u2064campuses. Various committee chairs joined forces\u2064 to ensure universities uphold Jewish students&#8217; safety.  <\/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>Top <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/house-republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House Republicans<\/a> announced on Tuesday a chamber-wide endeavor to combat anti-Semitism on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secretary-of-state-michael-pompeo-time-to-put-wokeism-to-sleep\/\" title=\"Secretary of State Michael Pompeo: Time to 'Put Wokeism to Sleep'\">university campuses<\/a> as pro-Palestinian protests sweep across colleges around the nation in response to the Israel-Hamas war.<\/p>\n<p>A release from the office of House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/mike-johnson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) said the effort will involve scrutinizing federal funding and tax benefits universities receive, as well as cracking down on foreign student visa recipients perpetuating sympathy to terrorist groups at U.S. schools.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAntisemitism is a virus and because the administration and woke university presidents aren\u2019t stepping in, we\u2019re seeing it spread,\u201d Johnson said at a press conference. \u201cWe must act, and House Republicans will speak to this fateful moment with moral clarity.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Johnson was joined by other House GOP leaders, as well as chairs whose committees will be tasked with spearheading different facets of the project billed as one meant to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/upenn-donor-calls-for-boycott-presidents-resignation-over-israel-preferred-speech\/\" title=\"UPenn donor demands boycott, president's resignation over Israel speech controversy.\">hold universities accountable<\/a> for not protecting Jewish students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCollege is not a park for play acting juveniles or a battleground for radical activists. Everyone affiliated with these universities will receive a healthy dose of reality. Actions have consequences,\u201d said Education and the Workforce Chairwoman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/house-education-chair-demands-columbia-university-expulsions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Virginia Foxx<\/a> (R-NC).<\/p>\n<p>Other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nearly-all-republican-senators-who-voted-to-convict-president-trump-now-face-censures\/\" title=\"Nearly all Republican senators who voted to convict President Trump now face censures\">committee leaders<\/a> who stood with Johnson included Space and Technology Chairman Frank Lucas (R-OK), Energy and Commerce Chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH), Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (R-MO), and Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY).<\/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=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The GOP-led House is already considering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/house-bill\/6090\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">legislation<\/a> to settle on a definition of anti-Semitism that could facilitate withholding funds for schools found to be in violation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/federal-court-approves-settlement-in-case-over-black-only-relief-fund\/\" title=\"Federal Court Approves Settlement in Case Over Black-Only Relief Fund\">federal anti-discrimination law<\/a>. After the bill <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/04\/29\/antisemitism-bill-clears-house-rules-panel-following-partisan-feud-00155045\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">advanced<\/a> out of the Rules Committee on Monday night, it may get a House floor vote as early as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/us-house-considers-antisemitism-bill-amid-campus-unrest\/R5NTUWWKDVDFZOJAMUJXWMO6J4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wed<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/us-house-considers-antisemitism-bill-amid-campus-unrest\/R5NTUWWKDVDFZOJAMUJXWMO6J4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While some Democrats have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/house-dems-join-republicans-in-pressing-for-resignations-if-columbia-does-not-crack-down-on-anti-israel-protests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">joined<\/a> Republicans in demanding colleges get a grip on the protests, where protesters have made demands such as divesting from Israel, members of the leftist wing of the party have been more sympathetic to the activists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe provocative images painted by Republicans and antisemitic white supremacist platforms could not be further from the truth,\u201d Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY) claimed in a statement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/04\/29\/house-democrats-columbia-university-resign\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> by Axios.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leading House Republicans launched a unified effort to address campus anti-Semitism amidst pro-Palestinian demonstrations at universities nationwide during the Israel-Hamas conflict. House Speaker Mike Johnson&#8217;s office stated that the initiative will focus on examining federal funding and tax privileges granted to universities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1588,"featured_media":2234069,"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-2150370912-scaled-e1714516569891.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2234068","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-2150370912-scaled-e1714516569891.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234068","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=2234068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2234069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2234068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2234068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2234068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}