Mike Johnson stares down jeers at hostile Columbia University: ‘Enjoy your free speech’

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Mike Johnson and House Republicans spoke at Columbia University on Wednesday, calling for President Minouche Shafik to resign.

Johnson was joined by Reps. Mike Lawler , Anthony D’Esposito , Nicole Malliotakis , and Virginia Foxx on Wednesday to blast Shafik for “failed” leadership and her inability to keep Jewish students safe on campus.

The members had met with Shafik and encouraged her to restore order, Johnson said, but they did not leave the meeting feeling confident that she would act accordingly. “They place a target on the backs of Jewish students in the United States and here on this campus,” the speaker said of the protesters. “A growing number of students have chanted in support of terrorists. They’ve chased down Jewish students. They have mocked them and reviled them. They have shouted racial epithets. They have screamed at those who bear the Star of David.”

“The inmates are running the asylum,” Foxx said of Columbia’s protests. “Take back control of this once-great institution.”

 

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