The sentate voted on Friday as protests over the Israel-Gaza war continued on campuses across the country
"I do not think the impulse to kill protesters—much less the act of following through on such a thought—is typical," Elrod writes. "The murder of innocent people over inconvenience is neither trivial nor, one would hope, particularly relatable."
GOP Sens. Josh Hawley (Mo.) and Tom Cotton (Ark.) called on President Biden on Monday to deploy the National Guard to colleges, particularly Columbia University in New York City, where pro-Palestinian protesters have staged sit-ins and other disruptive activities to focus public attention on the war. “Eisenhower sent the 101st to Little Rock. It’s time for []
On Monday, Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Marco Rubio (R-FL) wrote letters to the Biden administration expressing concern over the Chinese-controlled online shopping app Temu,
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) called for the U.S. government to revoke the visas given to international students who are Hamas sympathizers and deport them as college protests continue nationwide. “You cannot go around yelling ‘I am Hamas’ or ‘We are Hamas’ or ‘River to the sea’ and pushing out Jewish students and have the University not
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., must have trouble tracking his views on public protest. In a 2020 New York Times op-ed, the Arkansas Republican senator called for the military to be mobilized to crush the “orgy of violence” he said was engulfing the country during the protests following George Floyd’s murder (in fact, the overwhelming majority of those protests were peaceful). Four years on, Cotton has decided that law enforcement and the military are insufficient tools to deal with protesters. It’s...
During a Wednesday afternoon protest at the University of Texas at San Antonio calling for a Gaza ceasefire, organizers were forced to halt chants several times due, saying school administrators imposed rules limiting their speech. During the three hour demonstration, organizers stopped the approximately 150 participant from chanting in Arabic and using slogans that explicitly mention Israel. Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) member Tori Ramirez said a UTSA administrator warned she...
Israeli protesters carried mock coffins in a call for the immediate release of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza. The protesters demanded that Benjamin Netanyahu’s government make a deal with Hamas to secure the release of the remaining hostages or else it should resign. On 7 October 2023, more than 250 Israelis were kidnapped into Gaza by Hamas in a surprise terror attack. The Israeli government believes that in the more than 200 days since then, only 100 are still alive with the remains of 30...
Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) said Tuesday on Fox News Channel's "America Reports" that the Biden administration should revoke the visas of foreign students involved in illegal activity during the ongoing anti-Israel protests at Columbia University and other colleges across the United States. | Clips
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) joins host Mike Slater to discuss his call for the police or National Guard to be brought in to stop the anti-Israel war protesters at George Washington University.
Scuffles break out between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel activists, with no sign of student demos tailing off.
The university president's decision to bring in the NYPD lit a wildfire of protest over the Gaza war.