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Florida Senator Rick Scott sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland urging legal action be taken against pro-Hamas protestors occupying the nation's college campuses.
"I hope you share my disgust and alarm at the antisemitic, unlawful protests that have exploded on several college campuses across the country in recent days. These well-organized and well-funded mass gatherings of ignorant, hateful bigots have far exceeded the bounds of legitimate expressions of constitutionally protected speech. While unlawfully trespassing upon and occupying large areas of college campuses, the organizers engage in vile incitements to acts of violence against Jewish students and Jewish members of the community that demand your immediate action." Scott wrote in his letter to Garland.
Senator Scott called out AG Garland for "refusing to take action against organizations that are politically aligned with the Biden administration, while Garland has not hesitated to target parents, pro-life advocates, and devout Catholics practicing their faith—an obvious display of a two-tiered justice system."
Today the Senate Judiciary Committee held a press conference and Sen. Scott said, "If you're faculty and won't stand up for Jews, quit. Students who spew hatred, you should be expelled."
To combat the ongoing problem, Senator Scott is working to pass the Stop Antisemitism on College Campuses Act that would rescind federal funding for colleges and universities that allow antisemitic events to occur on campus.
New York Mayor Eric Adams says hundreds of protestors were arrested during an NYPD raid by police in riot gear who finally breached occupied Hamilton Hall. Over 300 were arrested in protests at Columbia and nearby City College of New York, according to Adams.
Former Senator Ben Sasse is now the president of the University of Florida which issued a statement saying campus "is not a daycare" after yesterday's arrests.