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Former MLB prima and U.S. Senate campaigner Steve Garvey said if he's elected to Congress he'd propulsion for Ivy League colleges and universities to look earlier Congress to attest astir their nonaccomplishment to support their Jewish students.
"At this time, adjacent year, arsenic a sitting U.S. senator, I would telephone to person committees that volition speech to these presidents and enactment and inquire wherefore they haven't protected their students," the California Republican told Fox News Digital successful an interview. "And if they can't support them, let's speech astir affecting them with national funds and commencement to instrumentality backmost the national funds.
"If you're not going to support these Americans that are connected your campus, past you're going to person to marque a determination connected what's important to you."
Garvey said the demonstrators connected assemblage campuses should beryllium arrested and prosecuted "to the afloat grade of the law," adding the protests are "terrorism nether the guise of escaped speech."
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Steve Garvey says he'd telephone for a proceeding if elected to the Senate for Ivy League presidents to attest astir failures to support students amid anti-Israel unrest crossed the nation. (Getty)
On Thursday, the University of South California called disconnected its graduation ceremonial for 2024 graduates arsenic anti-Israel agitators descended upon campus, wherever 93 arrests were made. The assemblage field is among respective universities successful the U.S. experiencing unrest, arsenic demonstrators chant "death to America," "We are Hamas" and advocator for divestment from Israel.
Earlier this month, USC faced aggravated backlash for barring its valedictorian, Muslim biomedical engineering pupil Asna Tabassum, from speaking astatine the commencement ceremonial implicit information concerns aft her critics accused her of promoting anti-Israel rhetoric connected societal media.
"What's happening connected campuses is against the law," Garvey said. "There's an onslaught physically, mentally and spiritually connected these Jewish students. We request to basal up present much than ever."
Garvey besides said assemblage presidents should "take backmost their campuses" and "form a protective situation for these students that are being attacked."
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Monique, of ANSWER Coalition, leads chants arsenic anti-Israel students and non-students instrumentality implicit Alumni Park astatine USC successful Los Angeles Wednesday, April 24, 2024, calling for divestment successful Israel implicit the Israel-Hamas war. (Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)
Garvey, who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres during his nonrecreational shot career, is facing disconnected against Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff to capable the precocious Dianne Feinstein's Senate seat. The 2 precocious to the November wide predetermination successful this year's primary.
His comments travel arsenic the Israel-Hamas warfare has dragged connected for much than six nonths. Nearly 1,300 Israelis were killed Oct. 7, and thousands of civilian deaths person been recorded successful the portion since the violent attack.
An anti-Israel rally is held astatine the steps of Lowe Library connected the grounds of Columbia University April 22, 2024, successful New York City. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)
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Yale, MIT, UC Berkeley, the University of Southern California, Princeton, Harvard, Stanford, Northwestern University, Vanderbilt University, the University of Michigan, the University of North Carolina and the University of Virginia are immoderate of the campuses wherever large demonstrations broke retired this week.
Jamie Joseph is simply a writer who covers politics. She leads Fox News Digital sum of the Senate.
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