House speaker to visit Columbia University, call for president's resignation amid ongoing protests
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Washington — House Speaker Mike Johnson is visiting Columbia University on Wednesday, where he's expected to call for the university's president to resign as the campus has been roiled with accusations of antisemitism amid ongoing pro-Palestinian protests.
Johnson said in an interview on "The Hugh Hewitt" show Wednesday morning that he plans to call on Columbia University President Minouche Shafik to resign, saying Shafik "has shown to be a very weak, inept leader." GOP Reps. Mike Lawler and Nicole Malliotakis of New York are slated to join the speaker on Wednesday.
The speaker's remarks are set to focus on "the troubling rise of virulent antisemitism on America's college campuses," according to a statement from his office. He's set to speak Wednesday afternoon, after meeting with Jewish students.
When Los Angeles Police Department officers in riot gear arrived at the University of California, Los Angeles early Thursday, the anonymous messaging app Sidechat filled with posts trying to piece together what was happening: "Is everyone ok? I just heard like 8 cop cars go by," one post read. Others shared rumors about police action and outside agitators and pointed students to live streams to watch the events unfold.