Anti-Israel Protests: NYC GOP Lawmakers Demand Columbia University President’s Resignation

‘While the rot is systemic, the responsibility rests squarely on your shoulders,’ the lawmakers said.

Students protest in support of Palestine and for free speech outside of the Columbia University campus in New York City, on November 15, 2023. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

All New York GOP members of Congress have demanded that Columbia University’s president resign immediately for failing to enforce the school’s policies and protect Jewish students as anti-Israel demonstrations escalated at the Ivy League school.

In a letter dated April 22 to Columbia University’s president, Minouche Shafik, New York House Republicans criticized her for letting “a large unauthorized antisemitic riot” engulf its campus.