House Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday it is 'abundantly clear' Columbia President Minouche Shafik 'would rather cede control to Hamas supporters.'
LEFT: Speaker of the House Mike Johnson , R-La., meets with reporters following a closed-door GOP strategy session, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. / RIGHT: President of Columbia University Nemat Shafik testifies before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce hearing on " Columbia in Crisis: Columbia University 's Response to Antisemitism" on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. House Speaker Mike Johnson , R-La.
"They’ve allowed outside agitators and terrorist-sympathizing students and faculty to rewrite campus rules and spew vile, anti-Jewish aggression,” he claimed. “Now, thousands of students who’ve worked hard to achieve their degrees will not get the recognition they deserve.”
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