April 24, 2024, Fairfax, Va.—Americans for Limited Government President Rick Manning today issued the following statement praising U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) for taking a stand against anti-Semitism at Columbia University:
“Speaker Johnson’s bold decision to travel to New York City to meet with Jewish students at Columbia University facing Hamas supporters’ violent intimidation matters.
“It matters because the Biden administration’s virtual silence in the wake of Hamas-loving students verbal and physical violence against their fellow Jewish students encourages the growth of the vile anti-Semitism that Americans overwhelmingly reject.
“Johnson’s moral clarity matters because it stands in direct contrast to the Biden team which has its finger in the wind to measure whether large clusters of Muslim voters in Michigan and Minnesota will refuse to vote for him if he takes simple action like identifying, revoking student visas and deporting foreign students participating in these third world acts of terror.
“At a time when our politicians seem more enamored with YouTube hits than leading, I find hope in Speaker Mike Johnson’s stand with Jewish students who face hate fueled at least in part by those like Joe Biden who stand aside while this anti-American wildfire runs rampant over many of our nation’s college campuses.”
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