Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell took a measured approach Thursday on how to handle the pro-Palestinian demonstrations erupting on university campuses, saying he'd wait to see if university presidents 'can get control of the situation' before taking more forceful measures. McConnell made the comments in an interview with 'Face the Nation' moderator and chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Brennan. Demonstrations against U.S.
What needs to happen, at least at the beginning, is these university presidents need to get control of the situation, allow free speech, and push back against antisemitism. I thought that was largely gone in this country, but we've seen a number of young people who are actually antisemitic. Why don't they all sit down and have a civil conversation rather than trying to dominate the talk? And I think the first line of defense is these university presidents.