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Republicans Demand Biden Shut Down College Protests

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and 26 other Senate Republicans sent a letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and Attorney General Merrick Garland telling them to “restore order to campuses that have been effectively shut down by anti-Semitic mobs that are targeting Jewish students.”

“You need to take action to restore order and protect Jewish students on our college campuses. President Biden issued a statement on Sunday, purporting to condemn the outbreak of anti-Semitism. If that statement was serious, it must be accompanied by immediate action from your departments,” the senators wrote in the letter.

The letter comes a day after Cotton and Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) called on Biden to send the National Guard to break up the protests.

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 @ISIDEWITHasked…1wk1W

Should the President have the authority to deploy the National Guard to manage protests on college campuses, and under what circumstances?

 @ISIDEWITHasked…1wk1W

How would you balance the rights of protesters with the rights of those who feel targeted or threatened by those protests?

 @ISIDEWITHasked…1wk1W

What are the limits of free speech in educational settings, particularly when the speech might harm others?

 @ISIDEWITHasked…1wk1W

If protests on campus are labeled as 'anti-Semitic' and target specific groups, should this change how they are handled, and why?

 @ISIDEWITHasked…1wk1W

How do you feel about the government's role in regulating protests at colleges, especially when it concerns the safety of students?

 @9LRFSLY from California commented…1wk1W

If the college protests aren't violent they have their right to free speech. If they shut down those protests that would be silencing the voices of the people which would violate the constitution.

 @AloofVoleSocialist from South Carolina commented…1wk1W

For every Ivy League educated Republican, peaceful protest does not equal intimidation.

The radical right seems to want to silience any opposition to the massacre of innocent children and women in Gaza by the Israelis.

The blood of the innocent is crying out loud.

 @ShamefulCentristLibertarianfrom Florida commented…1wk1W

Our gov’t is weak and spineless. Its allegiance is clearly found in paid activism to sew chaos and fear. If it were a [real] gov’t it would have no problem standing up against the hatred and vitriol being voiced by anti-Americans.

 @JoyfulR1ghtWingDemocrat from Utah commented…1wk1W

Start charging them with felonies and ruin their careers

 @AmusedCougarPatriotfrom California commented…1wk1W

Tom Cotton serves AIPAC, not the people of Arkansas. He is literally a traitor.

 @L1beralDukeGreen from New York commented…1wk1W

Deport people who are here legally because we don't like what they say? Nope - that knife cuts both ways.

Unless they actually engage in or incite violence, they have a right to say whatever they want, even if it's ignorant and hateful. If they're violent, then send them home.

 @DiplomatJackGreen from New York commented…1wk1W

Deport people who are here legally because we don't like what they say? Nope - that knife cuts both ways.

Unless they actually engage in or incite violence, they have a right to say whatever they want, even if it's ignorant and hateful. If they're violent, then send them home.

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