Tensions flare over US campus protests as House speaker condemns ‘mob rule’
Republican Mike Johnson heckled by protesters on New York visit while pro-Palestinian protests ramp up in California and TexasStudent Gaza protests – live updatesTensions over the protests sweeping US college campuses mounted on Wednesday as the House speaker, Mike Johnson, jumped into the fray with a visit to New York’s Columbia University, where he faced jeers from pro-Palestinian protesters and called for the resignation of the university’s president.Flanked by a number of Republican members of Congress, Johnson denounced the demonstrations as “mob rule” and condemned what he called a “virus of antisemitism” at colleges nationwide. Continue reading...

Republican Mike Johnson heckled by protesters on New York visit while pro-Palestinian protests ramp up in California and Texas
Tensions over the protests sweeping US college campuses mounted on Wednesday as the House speaker, Mike Johnson, jumped into the fray with a visit to New York’s Columbia University, where he faced jeers from pro-Palestinian protesters and called for the resignation of the university’s president.
Flanked by a number of Republican members of Congress, Johnson denounced the demonstrations as “mob rule” and condemned what he called a “virus of antisemitism” at colleges nationwide. Continue reading...