House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., traveled to Columbia University on Wednesday, along with several other GOP lawmakers, to meet with Jewish students and to deliver a speech amidst the ongoing pro-Palestine protest on campus, a protest he said was “backed” by Hamas.

Johnson, speaking to CNN on Wednesday evening after his visit to Columbia, said that he was “not surprised” by the response he received from students, who began heckling him soon after he began delivering his remarks, saying, “They didn’t welcome our visit because we’re calling out their activities.”

And he questioned whether the protesters understand what they’re protesting for.

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