Tom Cotton pressures DC Mayor Bowser to help police clear pro-Palestinian GWU protesters

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Tom Cotton pressures DC Mayor Bowser to help police clear pro-Palestinian GWU protesters
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The GOP senator had harsh words for Muriel Bowser and said she is 'a good reminder of why Washington, D.C. must never become a state.'

“failing to protect the rights of law-abiding citizens by letting a terrorist-supporting mob take over a large area of a university.”

Washington, D.C., police denied the private university’s requests to receive help to clear the encampment because they were “worried about the optics of moving against a small number of peaceful protesters,” the“Campus officials requested help from the D.C.

Mayor Bowser has let a pro-terrorist mob take over a large area of George Washington University while telling the police to stand aside.police support for protests around the Israel-Hamas war. However, UT is a public university, while GWU is private, and Washington, D.C., police did not seem convinced a crime had been committed on the campus.April 29, 2024

“I have no doubt that if protestors were illegally gathered in opposition to Washington, D.C.’s disastrous record on crime, you would have quickly ordered the police to intervene,” Cotton’s letter states. “Whether it is due to incompetence or sympathy for the cause of these Hamas supporters, you are failing to protect the rights of law-abiding citizens by letting a terrorist-supporting mob take over a large area of a university. Your actions are a good reminder of why Washington, D.C. must never become a state. I’m calling on you to reverse your decision and allow the D.C. police to uphold the law.

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