NYC Councilman on Israel–Palestinian Campus Protests: I Never Dreamed There‘d Be a US ’Movement to Back Terrorists’

‘Many of them are products of our universities. And that’s, that’s distressing, to say the least,’ said Democrat New York City Councilman Robert Holden.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 26: An NYPD vehicle sits outside of Columbia University on April 26, 2024 in New York City. Negotiations continue between student protestors and university authorities about the eventual dismantling of the pro-Palestine encampment on campus. Photo by Adam Gray/Getty Images

Democrat New York City Councilman Robert Holden expressed dismay at the ongoing protests against Israel at Columbia University and criticized members of his party for not doing more to condemn what he described as radical elements expressing support for terrorism.

“I never in a million years would dream that there would be a movement in the United States to back terrorists, Hamas,” Mr. Holden said in an interview with NTD’s “Capitol Report” on Thursday. “I mean, that’s what this appears to us in New York City, many of us.”