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The White House criticized a Columbia University student's remarks astir "murdering Zionists," with the pupil aboriginal being banned from the assemblage campus.
Columbia inferior Khymani James expressed "regret" aboriginal Friday aft a video of him antecedently suggesting radical should beryllium "grateful" helium wasn't "murdering Zionists" went viral online.
Without explicitly mentioning what they were, James made the inflammatory comments that were archetypal reported by The Daily Wire, during a livestream of an authoritative Columbia enquiry successful January.
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"These dangerous, appalling statements crook the tummy and should service arsenic a wakeup call," White House lawman property caput Andrew Bates said successful a connection to Fox News Digital. "It is hideous to advocator for the execution of Jews. President Biden has been wide that convulsive rhetoric, hatred speech, and Antisemitic remarks person nary spot successful America whatsoever, and helium volition ever basal against them."
Columbia inferior Khymani James expressed "regret" aboriginal Friday aft a video of him antecedently suggesting radical should beryllium "grateful" helium wasn't "murdering Zionists" went viral online. (Getty Images)
When asked by Axios if a White House worker would beryllium fired if they made specified statements, Bates said, "they would beryllium fired immediately."
A Columbia University spokesperson said connected Friday James had been banned from the campus, with assemblage sources telling Fox News Digital disciplinary proceedings are present underway.
The University had antecedently enactment retired a field update calling the video "extremely alarming and upsetting."
"Calls of unit and statements targeted astatine individuals based connected their religious, ethnic, oregon nationalist individuality are unacceptable and interruption assemblage policy," the connection said. "When determination are violations of pupil behaviour policies, they are reviewed and disciplinary measures are applied."
"We cognize that galore of you consciousness threatened by the ambiance and the connection being utilized and person had to permission campus," Columbia said successful a connection released by the President's Office connected Friday. "That is unacceptable. Many of you besides are acrophobic astir being capable to talk retired for a origin you consciousness passionately about. That besides is unacceptable. Fundamental to the probe and teaching ngo of our assemblage is world state and an situation escaped from favoritism and harassment for each subordinate of our community."
"What is simply a Zionist? A White supremacist," James said successful the resurfaced video.
A Columbia University spokesperson said connected Friday James had been banned from the campus, with assemblage sources telling Fox News Digital disciplinary proceedings are present underway. (Getty Images)
"Be grateful that I'm not conscionable going retired and murdering Zionists," helium said astatine different point. "I've ne'er wounded anyone successful my life, and I anticipation to support it that way."
James was precocious quoted by outlets specified arsenic CBS News and The New York Times arsenic a spokesperson for the anti-Israel protests astatine Columbia. In 2021, helium was profiled successful the Boston Globe astatine property 17 astir his "confrontational" attack to warring "injustice."
President Joe Biden has not yet traveled to Columbia University but recently came nether fire for his connection successful effect to whether helium condemns anti-Israel protests connected assemblage campuses.
President Joe Biden has not yet traveled to Columbia University but precocious came nether occurrence for his connection successful effect to whether helium condemns anti-Israel protests connected assemblage campuses. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Following the president’s Earth Day comments astatine Prince William Forest Park in Virginia, reporters caught up with Biden and asked, "Do you condemn the antisemitic protests connected assemblage campuses?"
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"I condemn the antisemitic protests. That’s wherefore I person acceptable up a programme to woody with that. I besides condemn those who don't recognize what's going connected with the Palestinians," helium responded.
Fox News' Alexa Moutevelis and Lindsay Kornick contributed to this report.
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