Rudy Giuliani calls Columbia protesters ‘terribly misguided folks,’ says president Minouche Shafik is ‘hateful’
Former New York Metropolis Mayor Rudy Giuliani blasted pro-Palestinian protesters after visiting Columbia College amid the demonstrations. He additionally known as for the resignation of college president Minouche Shafik due to how she dealt with the disaster.
“I believe these are terribly misguided folks,” Giuliani mentioned on his 77 WABC present. Giuliani was seen carrying an American flag-printed shirt. He additionally wore a Yankees cap. Sitting in his automotive, he handed by protesters holding indicators.
Reporters who approached Giuliani have been shoved away by NYPD Neighborhood Affairs officers, prompting him to say they should be “a creature of [Mayor Eric] Adams.” He later went on to speak in regards to the go to throughout his Tuesday evening broadcast, the place he requested listeners, “Who hates Jews extra, Harvard or Columbia?”
‘She’s earned herself a serious league firing’
Protesters at Columbia arrange an encampment every week in the past. They mentioned they’d not go away till the college agrees to divest from Israel or corporations which might be related to its warfare effort.
Giuliani went on to name Shafik “a hateful particular person” and performed an previous clip of her discussing terrorism within the Center East. “She’s earned herself a serious league firing,” he mentioned of the college president’s testimony on antisemitism on campus earlier than Congress.
A number of lawmakers, together with Home Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), have known as for Shafik’s resignation. A college spokesperson mentioned on being requested about requires Shafik to resign, in accordance with The Hill, “President Shafik is concentrated on deescalating the rancor on Columbia’s campus. She is working throughout campus with members of the school, administration, and Board of Trustees, and with state, metropolis and neighborhood leaders, and appreciates their help.”
