DC mayor, police chief to testify before House lawmakers on George Washington University protests

Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and constabulary main Pamela Smith volition attest earlier the House Oversight Committee Wednesday to sermon ongoing anti-Israel protests and an encampment connected the field of George Washington University (GWU).

The mayor’s bureau confirmed to Fox News Digital Tuesday that the politician and the police chief volition attest astatine the hearing. 

The confirmation comes aft Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., president of the House Committee connected Oversight and Accountability, criticized D.C. enactment for not responding to the university’s petition to assistance respond to protests that person grown progressively combative successful caller days. 

Anti-Israel agitators astatine GWU are urging administrators not to telephone constabulary to wide their encampment, which has remained connected the field for 13 days. 

COLLEGES THAT ONCE EMBRACED ANTI-ISRAEL PROTESTS NOW CHANGING THEIR TUNE AS ENCAMPMENTS GROW MORE CHAOTIC

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser volition will attest earlier the House Oversight Committee Wednesday to sermon ongoing anti-Israel protests astatine George Washington University. (Craig Hudson for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Protesters successful GWU’s U-Yard person erected tents and displayed Palestinian flags astatine their encampment. They besides defaced a statue of the campus' namesake, erstwhile President George Washington, with Palestinian iconography, which includes slamming "Free Palestine" stickers onto the statue.

Even much alarmingly, demonstrators connected field person called for the 'guillotine' for schoolhouse administrators, a video posted to societal media precocious showed.

"Guillotine, Guillotine, Guillotine, Guillotine" a idiosyncratic with a bullhorn could beryllium heard chanting arsenic different demonstrators joined in.

A ample American emblem is unfurled astatine George Washington University successful Washington D.C. connected Friday, May 3, 2024. Anti-Israel protests are continuing passim the campus. (Fox News)

Comer said the House Oversight Committee volition clasp a proceeding to "seek answers from section leaders connected steps being taken to guarantee this unlawful enactment ends."

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The Hearing connected "Oversight of D.C.’s Response to Unlawful Activity and Antisemitism" is acceptable to statesman astatine 1 p.m. EST successful the 2154 Rayburn House Office Building. 

Fox News Digital's Lawrence Richard contributed to this report.