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Whip Tom Emmer wrote a letter to the University of Minnesota demanding the administration explain how it will protect Jewish students from a rush of pro-Gaza protests that have at times turned antisemitic.
Demonstrations of fiery young progressives have swept across the nation this week, including at the University of Minnesota, where Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., appeared in solidarity with the protesters. The House GOP whip took a swipe at his Minnesota colleague.
'Rep. Ilhan Omar’s recent remarks at the University of Minnesota should be seen for what they are: The total embrace and encouragement of pro-terrorist, antisemitic protests nationwide,' Emmer said in a statement to DailyMail.com.
'Jewish students at the U of M deserve to know they will be safe on campus, which is why I am making sure the university is doing everything in its power to keep from turning into the next Columbia.'
Whip Tom Emmer wrote a letter to the University of Minnesota demanding the administration explain how it will protect Jewish students from a rush of pro-Gaza protests that have at times turned antisemitic
Omar was kicked off the Foreign Affairs Committee last year for posts on X that invoked anti-Semitic tropes. Earlier this year Emmer called for an Ethics investigation into Omar over her disputed 'Somalia first' comment.
Emmer accused Omar of 'publicly prais[ing] the actions of the students who created a hostile and antisemitic campus for Jewish students.'
'We are seeing students justify their unlawful and non-compliant campus activity as an exercise of their First Amendment rights, which is not the case,' Emmer went on.
Omar represents Minnesota's fifth district, where the university is located in Minneapolis.
The House's number three Republican noted that protests at Columbia had at times turned violent, and some students chanted 'Jews, Jews go back to Poland' and 'Hamas we love you. We support your rockets too.'
'Unfortunately students at the University of Minnesota have taken inspiration from the protests at Columbia University and have replicated similar antisemitic activity,' Emmer said.
Students at Minnesota have shouted pro-Palestinian rallying cry 'From the river to the sea Palestine will be free' and carrying a flag for the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, a U.S.-designated terror group.
Hundreds of people rallied on the University of Minnesota campus on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, to protest Israel's war with Hamas
. Earlier in the day, nine anti-war protesters were arrested as police took down an encampment that organizers said was set up to show solidarity with the people of Gaza and Palestine
Emmer asked the university to reveal its protocol for protecting Jewish students from a rise of antisemitism since October 7, its tools to 'deescalate' if protests turn violent and what the disciplinary measures will be for students who were arrested at the encampment.
He said he was 'pleased' to see the university 'not taking this unlawful conduct lightly,' but noted 'this has not deterred protestors, and the threat of escalation still exists.'
'Columbia University allowed their 'Gaza Solidarity Encampment' to escalate to the point where they had to move to hybrid classes. Does University of Minnesota
