House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., came to the defense of Jewish students at Columbia University during a visit Wednesday to the private Ivy League school’s New York campus.
Columbia has been roiled by pro-Palestinian encampments on campus grounds amid Israel’s war against Iranian-backed Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip, and there have been reports of antisemitic incidents at Columbia and other college campuses across the U.S.
“In this building behind us, Columbia University once awarded Winston Churchill an honorary degree, and it was Churchill who said it is manifestly right that Jews should have a national home where they may be reunited,” Johnson said outside Columbia’s Arthur W. Diamond Law Library, where he was booed and heckled throughout his speech. “We believe in that principal, and today, I’m here to proclaim, for all those who gnash their teeth and demand to wipe the state of Israel off the map and attack our innocent Jewish students, this simple truth, neither Israel nor these Jewish students on this campus will stand alone.”
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