After 113 protesters were arrested at Columbia University on Thursday, Democrats see an opportunity to finally leverage a free speech debate Republicans have dominated for years.
Columbia President Minouche Shafik on Thursday authorized dozens of New York Police Department officers to stream onto campus and forcibly remove protesters from an encampment they refused to leave. | Mary Altaffer/APNEW YORK — Democrats rushed to condemn Columbia University for cracking down on free speech following the arrests of over 100 pro-Palestinian protesters — with Squad member Jamaal Bowman jumping into the cauldron on Friday.
Bowman’s entrance into the Columbia strife — which spilled into public view Thursday with the mass arrests — underscored the political significance of this moment in higher education. Colleges and universities have seen increasingly harsh crackdowns on student speech since the onset of the Israel-Hamas war.
Asked about Bowman’s criticisms, committee spokesperson Nick Barley emphasized that Democrats also raised concerns about the rise in antisemitism at Columbia. “He doesn’t want to acknowledge the inconvenient truth that there is bipartisan support to address rising antisemitism in America’s schools,” Barley said in a statement.called Israel’s bombardment of Gaza a “genocide”
And Democratic New York City Comptroller Brad Lander criticized Columbia for “calling the cops on its own students for engaging in nonviolent protest.”
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