WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Republicans excoriated progressive “Squad” Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., for suggesting during the House Education and the Workforce Committee’s hearing tackling antisemitism at Columbia University that none of the demonstrations deriding Jews on campus have been “anti-Jewish.”
Fox News Digital caught up with two Republicans on the committee at the Capitol after the hearing, asking their thoughts about Columbia University President Dr. Nemat “Minouche” Shafik initially testifying that she had not seen any campus protests that were explicitly “anti-Jewish.”
Omar argued that campus demonstrations were merely “pro-war” or “anti-war,” but House Republican Conference Chair Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., further pressed Shafik on whether she considered anti-Israel agitators’ chants of “F– the Jews” and “Death to the Jews” in fact anti-Jewish. Shafik conceded that those slogans heard on campus were “completely anti-Jewish,” amending her earlier testimony.
“I thought her answer to that was wrong to begin with, and she had a chance to correct it. I was flabbergasted, actually, when she said no,” committee Chair Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., told Fox News Digital at the Capitol after the hearing. “She said there had been no anti-Jewish, incidents. Well, what is this whole hearing about? The whole hearing is about that.”
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Rep. Ilhan Omar questions Columbia University president Wednesday.…
