House Speaker Mike Johnson is calling Wednesday for Columbia University President Minouche Shafik to resign over her handling of anti-Israel demonstrations on campus, calling her 'very weak' and 'inept.' Johnson said during a radio interview with Hugh Hewitt that he is holding a press conference at Columbia University later today 'with some of my colleagues from the House Republicans from New York to call on the president of the university to resign.
We have Jewish students who have actually been physically assaulted, they have been harassed, they have been intimidated and threatened... we need to revoke federal funding to these universities if they cannot keep control,' Johnson said. 'We need to revoke these student visas for these violent protesters. You don’t have a right to be here and to do this, but Jewish students have a right to be able to peacefully attend classes. They are trying to get an education. This is just madness.