Top House Republicans announced on Tuesday a chamber-wide endeavor to combat anti-Semitism on university campuses as pro-Palestinian protests sweep across colleges around the nation in response to the Israel-Hamas war.
A release from the office of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said the effort will involve scrutinizing federal funding and tax benefits universities receive, as well as cracking down on foreign student visa recipients perpetuating sympathy to terrorist groups at U.S. schools.
“Antisemitism is a virus and because the administration and woke university presidents aren’t stepping in, we’re seeing it spread,” Johnson said at a press conference. “We must act, and House Republicans will speak to this fateful moment with moral clarity.”
Johnson was joined by other House GOP leaders, as well as chairs whose…
