House Democrats are now taking a stronger stance against the outbreak of pro-Hamas protests on college campuses. While criticism of the anti-Israel activists making encampments on campuses has been bipartisan, the harshest rhetoric has come from Republicans, some of whom have called for the resignation of Columbia University’s president Minouche Shafik.
In a letter obtained by Axios, a group of 21 Democratic lawmakers slammed the university’s handling of the protests and antisemitism running rampant at the school. The message starts by expressing the lawmakers’ “disappointment that, despite promises to do so, Columbia University has not yet disbanded the unauthorized and impermissible encampment of anti-Israel, anti-Jewish activists on campus.”
The letter notes that “many students have been prevented from safely attending class, the main library, and from leaving their…
