Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Mo., said Tuesday on Newsmax that college administrators who cancel graduation ceremonies due to concerns about pro-Gaza demonstrations are appeasing the protesters.
“They’re surrendering their campuses to these protesters, and they’re only enabling them and empowering them to do more,” he said on “Wake Up America.” “So, when the protesters get their records forgiven or, in some cases, they’ve negotiated scholarships, this is absolutely ridiculous, and it’s something that these campuses cannot say that they’re trying stop these protests when they’re giving these students benefits for protests.”
Burlison’s remarks came after Columbia University on Monday canceled its main, university-wide commencement ceremony scheduled for May 15 in favor of smaller, school-based events, a decision that follows weeks of pro-Palestinian protests that roiled the Ivy League School.
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