News about Mike Johnson, protests, and Columbia

“Speaker Johnson is going to speak to students at Columbia University because Governor Hochul and other officials in New York have completely failed in their duty to protect Jewish students and combat the rise of antisemitism in their party.

Zoom in: Johnson and Reps. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), Nicole Malliotakis (R-N.Y.), Anthony D'Esposito (R-N.Y.) and Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) were booed and heckled for nearly the entire 18 minutes of their press conference on the steps of Columbia's Low Library.

The nationwide campus demonstrations began at Columbia on April 17 to protest Israel's offensive in Gaza after Hamas launched a deadly attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7.