On Wednesday night, dozens of pro-Hamas protesters stormed Barnard College, assaulted an employee, prevented students from attending classes, and more, according to a report from The New York Post.
The students were reportedly protesting the expulsions of two students who stormed a Columbia University class in January and threw around anti-semitic flyers.
The group’s demands included “abolition of the corrupt Barnard disciplinary process and complete transparency for current, past, and future disciplinary proceedings.”
Holding administrators hostage is not free speech.
Assault is not free speech.
Disrupting classes is not free speech.
Barring students from getting to class is not free speech.
Any @BarnardCollege agitators who chose force over peaceful protest must be held accountable. pic.twitter.com/5PycHswu1h
— FIRE (@TheFIREorg) February 27, 2025
“They encouraged others to enter campus without identification, showing blatant disregard for the safety of our community,” Robin Levine, Barnard College’s vice president for strategic communications, said in a statement.
“We have made multiple good-faith efforts to de-escalate. Barnard leadership offered to meet with the protesters,” Levine’s statement said. “They refused. We have also offered mediation.”
Actor Michael Rapaport shared a video on X, calling for “these little ding bat cosplaying creeps” to be kicked out of school.
There’s only one solution, kick these little ding bat Cos Playing Creeps out of school #barnardcollege pic.twitter.com/ekpr7y7mGF
— MichaelRapaport (@MichaelRapaport) February 27, 2025
Elise Stefanik, President Trump’s nominee for UN Ambassador, called for the immediate expulsion of all students involved in the protests.
“Students committing these crimes should be immediately expelled and prosecuted by law enforcement. As President [Trump] outlined in his executive order, any visa-holding student participating in these antisemitic acts must be stripped of their visa and be deported,” Stefanik said.
On the same day that the world was mourning the burial of the Bibas family murdered by Hamas terrorists, an antisemitic pro-Hamas mob violently took over Barnard College.
Students committing these crimes should be immediately expelled and prosecuted by law enforcement. As… https://t.co/ADdnetXw7X
— Elise Stefanik (@EliseStefanik) February 27, 2025
House Speaker Mike Johnson said “ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.”
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
Pro-Hamas mobs have NO place on our college campuses.
Barnard College & Columbia University must put an end to the antisemitic chaos on campus. https://t.co/9ImApKuAF7
— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) February 27, 2025
