Speaker Mike Johnson booed at Columbia University as he calls for president to quit

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/columbia-palestine-protests-mike-johnson-b2534249.html

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  2. Dumb dumb thinks the crowd is going to turn red out of spite.

  4. students are being suspended for asking questions, and congressmen are referencing superstitions and 2000 year old fairy tales in congressional hearings.

    humans are the dumbest species on earth.

  6. But wait?! Haven’t there been hundreds of articles by now saying that all these protestors hate Biden? Weird 

  7. >At one point, Mr Johnson stopped his speech due to ongoing chants and said “enjoy your free speech”. 

    Ooo, a warning. “Just wait until we’re in charge.”

  8. Republicans are so far out of touch they can’t even understand what’s going on in front of their eyes, much less from their media consumption habits

  9. If a college hires a Democrat, the GOP call it liberal indoctrination.

    The GOP calling on a school president to resign over a political issue? That’s fine.

  11. If you ever find yourself agreeing with Mike Johnson then you need to do some serious self-reflecting.

  12. Well… ole Mike does know a few things about calls to quit…

  13. I want to say that this is bizarre…. but really it’s crystal clear what is going on here. He clearly doesn’t believe what he’s saying, how could he? He’s been told to go there and say this and honestly it’s frightening that someone/a state has that amount of power and influence to make it happen. Crazy.

  14. See what happens when you appease fascists, theyre still not happy.

  15. “Enjoy your free speech” , which he then says should be taken away (using force) because he doesnt like it

  16. America the country where the coverage of
    Protests get more coverage than the actual event. America:it’s all about us.

  17. *”enjoy your free speech”*

    “while we still let you have it” is what he really wanted to say.

  18. The Jewish community teaming up with Christian nationalist is the funniest thing to me lol

  20. I hate to say it but the students played into his hands by booing him – that’s exactly the clip he wanted, because it’s going to be played endlessly now on Fox News and he’ll be the hero to the MAGA base for confronting the “woke” progressive Ivy League students. It would have been far more effective if the students had just ignored him and gone about their business.

    That said, of course, I understand it’s human nature and if I was a college kid and saw Mike freaking Johnson on my campus I’d be booing him as well.

  22. Compared to the other university presidents that have testified before Congress, the President of Columbia did a far better job of acknowledging the reality that campuses have an antisemitism problem and has backed up her words with actions. If she had been president for many years, I can understand that she would have culpability, but as a new president, she deserves credit for taking action to address a problem she inherited.

    All this is to say that if Johnson were really acting in good faith rather than attempting to score cheap political points, he would be lauding her, not calling for her resignation.

  23. To be fair they’d boo Biden too. Or any official for that matter.

  25. He has no business being there, he’s trolling for party votes.

  26. Mike Johnson is a cruel turd of a man whose family made money off of abusing queer kids. The fact that anyone does business with this man is disgusting.

  27. He refuses to call for a man like Trump, a sex abusing , divisive, lying, hating, delusional criminal defendant to drop out of the presidential race, but he’ll go there and express disgust for the head of the University

  29. lol Bro, read the crowd. You drove down their for this? It’s not really the photo-op you wanted huh.

  30. 99.99% sure Trump sent him there as punishment for the Ukraine aid package…

  31. Columbia’s president bent over backwards to please this man. Called the cops on students peacefully assembling. And – SHOCKER – he called to her head anyway.

    This was never about antisemitism for the right. It’s always been about hitting at higher education. There’s nothing worse for the American right than an educated population.

  33. As Americans we should not be arresting peaceful protestors let alone calling the goddamn military on our own citizens for exercising their right

  34. Pretending to confront academia is like red meat for conservatives in this country.

    College is where liberals brainwash your kids into getting abortions and being gay, according to their world view.

  35. Funny how everyone wants the university president to quit but just for different reasons.

  38. I wouldn’t expect the Pro-Hamas protestors to welcome him warmly.

  39. I also think she should resign and I also boo Mike Johnson.

  40. How republican of them to boo the leader of congress for letting congress do what they are supposed to do

  42. Johnson makes a mockery of conservatism, as does that whole MAGA cult.

  43. Speaker Johnson does not speak for me.

    When students protest, change happens.

    When old white politicians try to dictate what everyone else should do causes change against them.

  44. Interesting that they aren’t going after old white male presidents

  45. This Israel vs Palestine divide is out of control.

    If we’re going to continue to deal with this BS we may as well arm both sides of the conflict. Better for US GDP

  46. Why doesnt the GOP that say America is a Christian Nation step down? Or the ones saying their are Jewish space lasers? Or Soros (dog whistle) controls the world? If the GOP wants to be honest about antisemitism.

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