Columbia University President Minouche Shafik should resign her position, as it is a 'disgrace' that she allowed anti-Israel protests to continue at the Ivy League school and for Jewish students to feel threatened, Rep. Mike Lawler said on Newsmax Saturday.
Columbia University President Minouche Shafik should resign her position, as it is a "disgrace" that she allowed anti-Israel protests to continue at the Ivy League school, leaving Jewish students threatened, Rep. Mike Lawler said on Newsmax Saturday.
"We made that very clear to President Shafik when we met with her. I said to her face that if this was any other group, you and I both know you would crack down on it immediately." Lawler said Saturday that the protesters heckled, booed, and cursed at the lawmakers while they were at the university and were chanting anti-Israel slogans.
Further, Shafik thinks she can negotiate with the protesters, said Lawler, but "these people are identifying themselves as Hamas. Hamas is a terrorist organization. There is nothing to negotiate here."
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