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Top 5 Ways Congress Can Respond to Campus Riots

This election cycle’s summer of rage has gotten an early start, as seemingly organized encampments have popped up on college campuses across the country.

Although the national media has made the situation out to be an exercise of free speech under the First Amendment, these campus protests look more like riots and calls for acts of terrorism.

This week, House leadership announced plans to examine the billions of dollars of federal funding to colleges and universities that have allowed antisemitic mobs to disrupt classes and threaten Jewish students.

Here are five concrete ways Congress can respond to the campus riots:

First, the direct line of credit from American taxpayers to these universities must end.

The core of federal funding to large universities comes in the form of federal research grants. While private foundations offer little to no overhead costs…

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