buildings is not free speech. it is lawlessness and those who did it should promptly face the consequences that are not nearly a slap on the wrist. free speech discussion and even strong disagreement are fundamental american values and campuses should be places where those values are cherished, campuses cannot be places of learning and argument and discussion when protests veer into criminality and those who commit such acts are doing nothing to convince others that their cause is just. it is also unacceptable when jewish students are targeted for being where she wishes and protests exhibit verbal abuse, systematic intimidation or glorification of the murders and hateful hamas with violence of october 7th. as i said in my speech on the floor last november and many times since, that is

anti-semitism, it is unacceptable. >> unfortunately finding new ways to embarrass themselves with antisemitic radicalism. the beginning, of course, with yet more alarming declarations like burn tel aviv to the ground. freedom for palestine means death to america. the seventh of october is going

to be every day. the student radicals hateful chants like from the river to the sea have proven to be incoherently -- they chanted long live hamas, sunni terrorist group and wave flags supporting the shiite terrorist group hezbollah and the secular terrorist group with popular front with the liberation of palestine. they've been joined on the picket lines by faculty members for whom radical anti-semitism is merely an extension of their day j jobs in post indoctrinati.

last week, colombia's encampment was even visited by a member of congress who accused some jewish students of being, quote, progenocide. it's unclear whether the shooting radicals or the shadowy gagroups organizing these disruptions arens actual adversaries trying to coroad american society within or just unwitting ponds. what is clear is that basic comprehension of history, theology and geography is in very short supply in the ivy league. so-called elite universities aren't just in the news for well-documented decline academic

rigor. no, they're in the news because weakness and inaction from campus leaders who have allowed universities criminal chaos. in recent days an orthodox student at yale was assaulted by organized hate mongers. reat mit there's a so-called liberated zone of radicals occupying the very center of campus. at ucla, and another california

school is reporting millions of dollars after vandalized campus buildings and last night brought yet more evidence that administrators at colombia have utterly, utterly failed to bring order to their manhattan campus in wee hours of the morning, disrupted daily life from encampmentth on the quad broke into ao campus building with hammers and has barricaded inside. thishe is irresponsible thing to

do because the vast majority of students at colombia want to go to class, study for exams and live productive lives. faculty allies, maximize the disruption and extend the reach of an odius ideology. the administration caved, the campuses now are closed but law enforcement remain outside the gates and remains to be seen whether latest threats of expulsion will be carried out. the situation at colombia is so bad that prominent rabbi urged jewish students to leave campus out of fear for their physical

safety. this iss particularly discouraging at the university that for decades has been known as welcoming home for jewish students even when the rest to have ivy league discriminated against them. yesterday, member of colombia's jewish community file ad class action lawsuit against the university alleging sustained harassment and incitement of violence against jewish students in the absence of leadership from the administrators, the communities had to take protection of their basic rights on campus literally ended their own hands. of course, today's campus radicals did not invent this brand of aggressive lawlessness here in the united states trace

roots back to 1960's, other countries too have had students violence. education ever has anything to do everything, it's about radical politics. just as the roots of this hate are not a mystery neither is the way forward for college, leaders in colombia might do well to note the approach of the administration over at princeton which has uphold clear prohibitions on activity like forming encampments and responded swiftly and severely to an attempt last night to occupy a campus building.

they might also take a cue from former colleague, thus far radicals at the university of florida have largely heeded his prohibition against unlawful disruptions because they know he means it. and last night those who failed to obey repeated warnings from campus police were promptly arrested. as an official statement to put it, quote, the university of florida is not a day care and we do not treat protestors like children. they know the rules, they broke the rules and they'll face the consequences. it's not enough for administrators toor lament camps disorder, strongly worded warnings only carry weight when

they're backed up by action. the hateful ideas pouring out of campus encampments are not new to america's universities. the world's oldest form of hate has been alive and well in our education for quite some time now. from the vile boycott to sanction movement that began over a decade ago to the establishment like the center for security and bigotry have been on the move and those forces have powerful fronts. president biden's nominee to the third circuit has been a patron of the rutgert's center, new

evidence indicates he's played a much more active and enthusiastic role on the judiciary committee. apparently every progressive organization in the country is furious that my colleagues and i dared to call attention to these disqualifying facts. so let's get it straight, radicalism has -- on the federal bench. unfortunately the president doesn't seem tot agree while te he defends mr. maggio. he refuses to render unqualified rejection of campus anti-semitism. in fact, when i asked about it, he seemed to say, well, there

are good people on both sides. the president prioritize feelings to political supporters over moral clarity. anti-semitism is not a nuance academic theory. it is not just one of many different viewpoints as the white house press secretary seemed tohe suggest yesterday in reference to campus disruptions, it is not justified by political disagreements to israel and its government. it is not entitled to take over campuses and make life miserable for jewish students. luckily for some reasonable observers are getting mugged by

reality just as growing number of democrats are rejecting mr. maggio's nomination, are rejecting surging radicalism of alma matters but that will only go so far. leaders must lead. the administrators must take charge of their institutions, the basic objectives here couldn't be clearer. cleared the encampments but students go to class and take their exams and allow graduations to proceed. here in washington, we draw