‘Enough Is Enough’: Tom Emmer Slams College Campuses For Becoming Antisemitism ‘Breeding Grounds’

7 months ago

During a press briefing on Tuesday, Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN) spoke against antisemitic protests on college campuses.

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00:00 Thank you. Our House Republican Conference is here today to deliver a message to the

00:08 pro-terrorist anti-Semites taking over our college campuses. We're here to deliver a

00:14 message to the university administrators who have chosen to be complicit in these movements

00:20 for hate rather than taking action. And we're here to deliver a message to Hamas, Iran,

00:27 and members of the squad, including my Minnesota colleague Ilhan Omar, who have all endorsed

00:33 these anti-Semitic protests that enough is enough. Accountability is here. Our college

00:39 campuses should never be breeding grounds for anti-Semitism. Yet that is exactly what

00:46 they have become. Why? Because of university administrators who have refused to protect

00:51 their Jewish students. Because of faculty members who have enabled the wave of anti-Semitic

00:57 violence. Because of an administration that has tried to play both sides of this issue.

01:05 And because of far-left members of Congress who are applauding anti-Semitism on college

01:10 campuses. In other words, it's because we have a bunch of adults in a room who are refusing

01:17 to be the adults in the room. While no one else is standing up to lead during this pivotal

01:22 moment in history, House Republicans will. I want to thank Speaker Johnson and our committee

01:27 chairs for providing much-needed accountability on an issue that has been met with a disturbing

01:33 amount of indifference and even encouragement from the people who are supposed to keep our

01:39 students safe. The world is watching to see how we respond, and I, for one, am grateful

01:44 to be part of a conference that will be on the right side of history. And with that,

01:49 I turn it over to our leader, Steve Scalise.

‘Enough Is Enough’: Tom Emmer Slams College Campuses For Becoming Antisemitism ‘Breeding Grounds’

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