Ilhan Omar Gets Inconvenient Fact Check After Claiming Columbia Occupation 'Co-Opted' by Bad Faith Actors
by RedState
RedState— As RedState previously reported, Isra Hirsi, the daughter of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), was
Washington Free Beacon—Ilhan Omar and Daughter Show Face at Columbia Protest. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) and her daughter Isra Hirsi, a Barnard student who was arrested and suspended from Columbia University last week for her role in anti-Israel protests on campus, attended another anti-Israel demonstration at Columbia together on Thursday.
ABC News—What to know about 'outside agitators' cops say are co-opting Columbia protests. Protests at Columbia University and elsewhere throughout the nation have been allegedly "co-opted" by what New York City police officials described as outside agitators.
Washington Free Beacon—Fact Check: Columbia Professor Says Student Protesters Have Not Called for Violence Against Civilians. Columbia University humanities professor Bruce Robbins said student protesters at the school have not called for the "destruction of civilian lives"—just two days after a video surfaced showing a student protest leader calling for the death of "Zionists."