Johnson signaled he will urge Biden to consider sending the National Guard onto Columbia's campus.
House Speaker Mike Johnson and four other House Republicans at Columbia University on April 24, 2024. Photo: Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg via Getty Images.Progressive Rep. Jamaal Bowman said in a statement the visit is "another tactic in the right-wing's attack on our educational institutions" and an "attempt to silence anti-war and pro-Palestinian sentiment."Johnson and Reps.
Due to much of the crowd's inability to hear the lawmakers speak, they also faced chants of "we can't hear you" and scattered heckles of "grandstand louder" and "speak up, you piece of s***!"The other side:Johnson said in response to the hecklers.
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