Furious Democrats break with their party and demand resignations at Columbia ... trends now
Some Democrats have broken rank with their colleagues and have begun calling for the resignations at Columbia University, furious at how anti-Israel protests have engulfed campus life for a third week.
The ongoing 'Gaza Solidarity Encampment' has been ongoing for nearly two weeks and has led to the arrests of hundreds of protestors.
The activists have often vacillated between pro-Palestinian and pro-Gaza chants to anti-Zionist messages laced with antisemitism.
This enraged a small number of Democrats who last week want as far as going to the university to call for it to take action against the targeting and harassment of Jewish students as a result of the encampments.
Now, some of those Democrats who visited the university are going further, writing to the trustees of Columbia University to request they 'act decisively, disband the encampment, and ensure the safety and security of all of its students.'
Reps. Josh Gottheimer, Jared Moskowitz, Kathy Manning and Dan Goldman speak at a press conference regarding recent anti-semitism directed towards jewish students studying at Columbia University last week
Pro-Palestinian protestors hold a short rally after marching around the 'Gaza Solidarity Encampment' in the West Lawn of Columbia University on Monday. Demonstrators marched at Columbia University as a 2 P.M. deadline to clear the encampment given to students by the university passed.
The Democrats letter calls on the Columbia University Board of Trustees to shut the camp down or resign for not meeting federal standards for accredited universities
'The time for negotiation is over; the time for action is now,' Jewish Reps. Josh Gottheimer, N.J., and Dan Goldman, N.Y., wrote to the trustees.
'It is ultimately the responsibility of the Board of Trustees to act.'
Gottheimer and Goldman - who both led the Democrat trip to Columbia's campus last week - said if the Board of Trustees is unable to shut down the encampments they should resign.
Still, the two Democrats have yet to call on the University's President Minouche Shafik to resign as all New York Republicans and Speaker Mike Johnson have.
'For the past week, this encampment has been the breeding ground for antisemitic attacks on Jewish students, including hate speech, harassment, intimidation, and even threats of violence,' the letter stated.
'Instead of solving the root cause of discrimination and harassment that
