{"id":2234603,"date":"2024-05-01T13:40:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T17:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/comer-to-crack-down-on-george-washington-universitys-radical-antisemitic-encampment-with-investigation-and-tour\/"},"modified":"2024-05-01T13:41:19","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T17:41:19","slug":"comer-to-crack-down-on-george-washington-universitys-radical-antisemitic-encampment-with-investigation-and-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/comer-to-crack-down-on-george-washington-universitys-radical-antisemitic-encampment-with-investigation-and-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Investigation and Tour to Address Radical, Antisemitic Encampment at George Washington University"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fcomer-to-crack-down-on-george-washington-universitys-radical-antisemitic-encampment-with-investigation-and-tour%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=2234603&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 Oversight Committee\u2064 Chairman \u200cJames Comer (R-KY) is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/witness-confirms-voting-machines-connected-to-internet-while-testifying-before-ga-senate-subcommittee-on-elections\/\" title=\"Witness confirms voting machines connected to internet while testifying before GA. senate subcommittee on elections\">taking action<\/a> against antisemitism on college campuses, including a visit \u200bto George Washington \u2064University \u200cto inspect pro-Palestinian encampments. Comer,\u200c accompanied by Reps. Boebert, Luna, Donalds, \u200band Burlison, will explore the campus to address the issue. The visit follows a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-gov-cuomo-shunned-experts-embraced-lobbyists-drove-top-health-officials-to-quit-over-pandemic-response-report\/\" title=\"NY Gov. Cuomo Shunned Experts, Embraced Lobbyists, Drove Top Health Officials To Quit Over Pandemic Response: Report\">recent <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><\/a> by\u200d Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and other committee leaders \u200dannouncing a \u200dRepublican initiative to combat antisemitism.  <\/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><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-oversight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>House Oversight<\/a> Committee Chairman <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/james-comer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>James Comer<\/a> (R-KY) is advancing his committee\u2019s crackdown on <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/antisemitism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>antisemitism<\/a> on college campuses with a visit to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/george-washington-university\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>George Washington University<\/a>\u2018s campus to view the pro-<a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/palestinian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Palestinian<\/a> encampments on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Comer and Reps. Lauren Boebert (R-CO), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), Byron Donalds (R-FL), and Eric Burlison (R-MO) are heading to the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/washington-d-c\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Washington, D.C.<\/a> university to tour the \u201cradical, antisemitic, and unlawful encampment\u201d that mirrors several others that have sprouted on college campuses as the war between <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Israel<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hamas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hamas<\/a> continues.<\/p>\n<p>The members will hold a media availability at 3 p.m. following the encampment tour and meetings with George Washington University leadership.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>A person walks past a pile of barricades at an encampment by students protesting against the Israel-Hamas war at George Washington University on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Mark Schiefelbein)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The committee\u2019s visit comes the day after Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Mike-Johnson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) and other House committee leaders held a press conference on Tuesday announcing the Republicans\u2019 \u201ccrackdown\u201d on antisemitism.<\/p>\n<p>Other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-incoming-congresswoman-announces-objection-to-electoral-college-votes\/\" title=\"Another Incoming Congresswoman Announces Objection To Electoral College Votes\">committee chairs<\/a> said they are planning to hold hearings on the matter, with House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) saying she has sent notices to appear to the chancellor of the University of California, Los Angeles, and the presidents of the University of Michigan and Yale University.<\/p>\n<p>On May 8, the House Oversight Committee will hold a hearing on the Metropolitan Police Department\u2019s reported refusal to clear the George Washington University encampment, a source familiar confirmed to the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. Both Mayor Muriel Bowser and MPD Chief Pamela Smith have been invited to testify. <\/p>\n<p>This comes after Comer and Foxx <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2985178\/house-education-and-oversight-gop-chairs-slam-bowser-and-dc-police-over-refusal-to-clear-pro-palestinian-encampments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>sent a letter to Bowser and Smith<\/a> demanding answers on the reports the MPD refused to clear out protesters over worries about the \u201coptics\u201d of moving against a small number of demonstrators.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is deeply disturbing that while GWU has attempted to take concrete measures to protect the safety of its Jewish student body from persecution and harassment, it is hindered by the MPD\u2019s refusal to provide assistance clearing out the encampment, over fears of public criticism,\u201d Comer and Foxx wrote.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday\u2019s visit to George Washington University comes ahead of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2985649\/house-tees-vote-antisemitism-bill-some-democrats-fear-inflame-tensions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>House vote on the Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023<\/a>, which would require the Education Department to use the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance\u2019s working definition of antisemitism when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-plans-vote-on-campus-antisemitism-bill-as-anti-israel-protests-spread\/\" title=\"House plans to vote on campus antisemitism bill amid spreading anti-Israel protests\">enforcing federal anti-discrimination laws<\/a> on college campuses.<\/p>\n<p>It also comes as the House GOP appears to be hitting a dead end with the Biden impeachment inquiry. So far, both the House Oversight and Judiciary committees have failed to produce definitive evidence that ties Joe Biden to any criminal activity or misconduct that constitutes a high crime or misdemeanor, or an impeachable offense.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) intensifies efforts against campus antisemitism by inspecting pro-Palestinian encampments at George Washington University. Comer, along with Reps. Boebert, Luna, Donalds, and Burlison, will visit the Washington, D.C. campus on Wednesday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2648,"featured_media":2234604,"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\/05\/AP24121585311172.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2234603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24121585311172.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234603","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\/2648"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2234603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2234604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2234603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2234603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2234603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}