Though Marjorie Taylor Greene’s effort against the House speaker is likely to fail, she plans to use the vote to show that Mike Johnson relies on Democrats to keep his job
Right on cue, Johnson has released a statement responding to the news that Columbia University is canceling its main commencement ceremony, in which he condemned both the university president and protesters. “President Shafik and Columbia University administrators have displayed a shocking unwillingness to control their campus,” he said. “They’ve allowed outside agitators and terrorist-sympathizing students and faculty to rewrite campus rules and spew vile, anti-Jewish aggression.
Now, thousands of students who’ve worked hard to achieve their degrees will not get the recognition they deserve.” Johnson called on Columbia’s Board of Trustees to “immediately remove” Shafik and appoint a new president who will crackdown on the protests. Since her appearance before a Republican-led Congressional committee last month, Shafik has been facing calls for her resignation from all sides.
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