Speaker of the House Mike Johnson speaks to the media on the Lower Library steps on Columbia University's campus in New York on Wednesday April 24, 2024. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson was greeted by a roaring chorus of boos and cheers by demonstrators at the steps of Columbia University's landmark Low Library Wednesday afternoon, as he and a delegation of fellow House Republicans decried what they saw as the "lawless" protests against the war in Gaza on campus.
Turning towards a more modern luminary of diplomacy and thought, the House Speaker invoked the words of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who received an honorary degree from Columbia mere feet from where the Republican coalition stood, and his argument "it is manifestly right that Jews should have a national home where they should be reunited."
to contain the unrest, and for expressing their anti-war sentiments in a manner that did not respect ideals of democracy and the free exchange of ideas.multiple reports Lawler expressed a kind of solidarity with the protesters, saying he also wished for the Palestinian people to be freed, specifically from the yoke of Hamas, which has unilaterally controlled the area since 2006.
To that end, several Columbia students representing the protesters held a news conference with reporters on campus Wednesday and emphasized that their message was one of "life" and "love." Whether or not Johnson and his Republican colleagues heard those students' message, they were clear in their own epistle of support for the Jewish students on campus, who were targeted by non-student protesters for harassment.
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