‘Not Free Speech— But Criminal Activity & Violence’: Deb Fischer Slams Chaos On College Campuses

7 months ago

During a press conference last week, Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE) spoke against the violent rioting on college campuses.

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00:00Well, good morning.

00:02Thank you, Senator Cotton, for organizing this important discussion on a very disturbing issue.

00:10What we're seeing on college campuses is total chaos, and

00:15we all know that universities have an obligation

00:19to provide every single one of their students a safe learning environment.

00:25That's not happening.

00:27We saw it again on the news last night.

00:30These are violent protests.

00:34This is occupying university buildings.

00:38This is breaking the law.

00:42And then you add in the vileness of looking at other students

00:50and making disgusting anti-Semitic statements to those students,

00:56not allowing them to participate

01:01on their own campus in their educational endeavors.

01:07This is beyond the pale, and I think many of us recognize that.

01:14Not many of us are speaking up, and we certainly don't hear it from most of the elected officials.

01:21We certainly don't hear people speaking up on university campuses.

01:27We certainly don't see any kind of strong,

01:31positive action by university officials.

01:36Instead, we see chaos, we see vileness, we see hate, we see growing division.

01:44But there's one group, well there's really a couple groups, that are supportive of this.

01:52Hamas is a terrorist organization.

01:56They kill babies, they kill old people.

02:00They still have Americans held as hostages in Gaza.

02:06Report that, report that.

02:10And now we see these actions on campus, which Hamas supports.

02:17They're endorsing these protests.

02:22We see the supreme leader, Alatola Khomeini.

02:30He's publicly applauded the growing number of protests,

02:36the growing number of encampments that have sprung up on college campuses.

02:41He celebrates the flying of Hezbollah's flag in the streets in the United States.

02:49Let's be clear, do we see Iran or

02:53Hamas supporting protests in their jurisdiction?

03:03No, we don't see them supporting it.

03:06In fact, we see them cracking down on any kind of protest, any kind of protest.

03:13And they have been criticized by the Human Rights Watch for those actions.

03:21So let's understand what's happening here in the United States.

03:26What's happening is a growing anti-Semitism.

03:31What's happening is chaos on college campuses,

03:36not free speech, but criminal activity and violence.

03:41It's time that we demand that students,

03:48all students, are protected in this country, and that they have their rights protected as well.

03:54Sender

‘Not Free Speech— But Criminal Activity & Violence’: Deb Fischer Slams Chaos On College Campuses

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