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2024-05-08 01:05:09 UTC
For those who dont spend their Sunday mornings glued to the television
and their Sunday afternoons attempting to dig through a weeks worth
of network and cable news media spin The Daily Wire has compiled a
short summary of what you may have missed.
This weeks spin revolves around the anti-Israel protests that spread
like wildfire across college campuses around the United States and
how unpopular those protests have become as students took control of
public spaces, harassed Jewish students, barricaded themselves in
campus buildings, and vandalized property. How unpopular is that, you
ask? Unpopular enough that legacy outlets, if there werent enough
Democrats willing to criticize the protesters, brought in Republicans
to do it for them.
On ABC News This Week, host Jonathan Karl brought in Senator Tom
Cotton (R-AR) to discuss the protests, and Cotton made it clear that he
had no patience for protests that were essentially parroting Hamas
terrorist talking points and then hiding behind the First Amendment,
claiming their destructive behavior was protected.
On campus protests, GOP Sen. Tom Cotton tells @JonKarl that
college administrators should have sent in law enforcement
"the very first day they set up their tents."
These students on campuses, they deserve our contempt. They
also deserve our mockery. https://t.co/vCkyrG8MPq
pic.twitter.com/BxoJkFEIbP
This Week (@ThisWeekABC) May 5, 2024
Cotton first laid into the schools for allowing the protests to carry
on as long as they did, saying that the schools should have sent
security in to prevent or immediately disband illegal encampments the
moment the first tent went up.
These students on campuses, they deserve our contempt. They also
deserve our mockery, Cotton said, referencing some of the demands
including gluten-free and vegan food delivery options made by
students who were illegally squatting in campus buildings.
Cotton also asked why schools had been so reluctant to stop the
protests before they turned into full-scale occupations, saying, Where
were the liberal administrators and liberal politicians sending in the
police on the very first day?
Sen. Tom Cotton pushes for an even stronger police response
to pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses.
Where were the liberal administrators and liberal politicians
sending in the police on the very first day?"
https://t.co/vCkyrG8MPq pic.twitter.com/JzwMGbGNad
This Week (@ThisWeekABC) May 5, 2024
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) joined Margaret Brennan on CBS Face the
Nation, where he complained that the protesters who were engaging in
acts of vandalism and violence and those who were sharing anti-
semitic signs and slogans were damaging the credibility of what could
have been a peaceful and effective protest.
Those few protesters who are inciting violence or engaging in that
kind of antisemitism are diminishing the thousands of young people who
simply want the war to end. I guess I would say, look to John Lewis or
Dr. King they, in their protests, were above reproach, he said.
Rep. @RoKhanna (D-CA) calls for college campus protesters to
show "discipline" amid reports that some have called for
violence:
"Those few protesters who are inciting violence or engaging
in that kind of antisemitism are diminishing the thousands
of young people who simply pic.twitter.com/Zlt5LZfMIV
Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) May 5, 2024
Khanna went on to suggest that President Joe Biden should visit the
campuses where protests are taking place some of which have been
deemed too unsafe for students to attend their final weeks of class or
even take final exams and equated students chanting Hamas talking
points while they blocked Jewish students from walking through their
camps to the anti-war protests of the Vietnam era.
We have to understand this is a defining moment for this generation,
he said.
"I think the president should and will get out there on
campuses" where there are protests over the Gaza war, says
Rep. @RoKhanna (D-CA).
"We have to understand this is a defining moment for this
generation," he adds, comparing it to the protests against
apartheid and the pic.twitter.com/jscQLFLBBz
Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) May 5, 2024
On CNN, State of the Union anchor Jake Tapper brought in former
Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE), who is now serving as the President of
University of Florida and Sasse argued that the First Amendment
should protect speech but did not necessarily extend to actions
especially when those actions included violence and destruction of
property.
Sasse noted that protests had not disrupted the commencement ceremonies
on his campus, but said that the line is between speech and action
and students understood that. He said that rather than clear out an
illegal encampment, his administration had simply made the rules clear
so that they didnt set one up in the first place.
"I think the line is between speech and action."
University of Florida President @BenSasse reacts to the campus
protests over the Israel-Hamas war in an interview with
@jaketapper. pic.twitter.com/e3L3wTKKfJ
State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) May 5, 2024
On Meet the Press, NBC anchor Kristen Welker discussed the protests
with former astronaut and Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ). Kelly said that
once protesters crossed the line into taking illegal actions engaging
in violence, acts of vandalism, or other crimes there was no reason
for police not to step in and stop them.
When they cross a line and when they commit crimes, they should be
arrested. Thats the appropriate thing to do, he said.
WATCH: @SenMarkKelly (D-Ariz.) says its appropriate for
police to step in when protests on college campuses turn
into unlawful acts.
When they cross a line and when they commit crimes, they
should be arrested. Thats the appropriate thing to do.
pic.twitter.com/IxqXXGeRlm
Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) May 5, 2024
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) took things a step further during his
appearance on Fox News Sunday, telling anchor Shannon Bream that hed
support a move to revoke travel visas for any foreign students who
showed support for the terrorist group Hamas.
Joe Biden and he hasnt done it because hes weak and hes feeble
but Joe Biden very early on should have done as I asked him to do back
in October, if youre in the streets of the United States, youre here
as a visitor, on a visa, Rubio said. Youre not an American, youre
here on a visa and youre here to teach or youre here to go to school,
and youre out there chanting on behalf of Hamas and Hezbollah these
terrorist groups, who by the way also hate America we should revoke
your visa.
WATCH: Senator @marcorubio calls for foreign students
supporting Hamas to have their visa revoked.
pic.twitter.com/MWi1S3eMBk
Fox News Sunday (@FoxNewsSunday) May 5, 2024
The only Sunday show to not get the memo was MSNBCs Inside with Jen
Psaki. The former White House Press Secretary instead continued to
beat what appears to be the only drum she has she invited Rep. Jamie
Raskin (D-MD) to join her, and they took turns complaining about what
Americans could expect from another term with former President Donald
Trump.
***@RepRaskin: "Americans are forewarned. If you look at the
things he's talking about doing mass roundups and incarceration
and deportations That is an authoritarian program. That's
right out of the authoritarian playbook of Mussolini and
beyond." pic.twitter.com/W5ZqTAedy6
Inside with Jen Psaki (@InsideWithPsaki) May 5, 2024
--
Let's go Brandon!
and their Sunday afternoons attempting to dig through a weeks worth
of network and cable news media spin The Daily Wire has compiled a
short summary of what you may have missed.
This weeks spin revolves around the anti-Israel protests that spread
like wildfire across college campuses around the United States and
how unpopular those protests have become as students took control of
public spaces, harassed Jewish students, barricaded themselves in
campus buildings, and vandalized property. How unpopular is that, you
ask? Unpopular enough that legacy outlets, if there werent enough
Democrats willing to criticize the protesters, brought in Republicans
to do it for them.
On ABC News This Week, host Jonathan Karl brought in Senator Tom
Cotton (R-AR) to discuss the protests, and Cotton made it clear that he
had no patience for protests that were essentially parroting Hamas
terrorist talking points and then hiding behind the First Amendment,
claiming their destructive behavior was protected.
On campus protests, GOP Sen. Tom Cotton tells @JonKarl that
college administrators should have sent in law enforcement
"the very first day they set up their tents."
These students on campuses, they deserve our contempt. They
also deserve our mockery. https://t.co/vCkyrG8MPq
pic.twitter.com/BxoJkFEIbP
This Week (@ThisWeekABC) May 5, 2024
Cotton first laid into the schools for allowing the protests to carry
on as long as they did, saying that the schools should have sent
security in to prevent or immediately disband illegal encampments the
moment the first tent went up.
These students on campuses, they deserve our contempt. They also
deserve our mockery, Cotton said, referencing some of the demands
including gluten-free and vegan food delivery options made by
students who were illegally squatting in campus buildings.
Cotton also asked why schools had been so reluctant to stop the
protests before they turned into full-scale occupations, saying, Where
were the liberal administrators and liberal politicians sending in the
police on the very first day?
Sen. Tom Cotton pushes for an even stronger police response
to pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses.
Where were the liberal administrators and liberal politicians
sending in the police on the very first day?"
https://t.co/vCkyrG8MPq pic.twitter.com/JzwMGbGNad
This Week (@ThisWeekABC) May 5, 2024
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) joined Margaret Brennan on CBS Face the
Nation, where he complained that the protesters who were engaging in
acts of vandalism and violence and those who were sharing anti-
semitic signs and slogans were damaging the credibility of what could
have been a peaceful and effective protest.
Those few protesters who are inciting violence or engaging in that
kind of antisemitism are diminishing the thousands of young people who
simply want the war to end. I guess I would say, look to John Lewis or
Dr. King they, in their protests, were above reproach, he said.
Rep. @RoKhanna (D-CA) calls for college campus protesters to
show "discipline" amid reports that some have called for
violence:
"Those few protesters who are inciting violence or engaging
in that kind of antisemitism are diminishing the thousands
of young people who simply pic.twitter.com/Zlt5LZfMIV
Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) May 5, 2024
Khanna went on to suggest that President Joe Biden should visit the
campuses where protests are taking place some of which have been
deemed too unsafe for students to attend their final weeks of class or
even take final exams and equated students chanting Hamas talking
points while they blocked Jewish students from walking through their
camps to the anti-war protests of the Vietnam era.
We have to understand this is a defining moment for this generation,
he said.
"I think the president should and will get out there on
campuses" where there are protests over the Gaza war, says
Rep. @RoKhanna (D-CA).
"We have to understand this is a defining moment for this
generation," he adds, comparing it to the protests against
apartheid and the pic.twitter.com/jscQLFLBBz
Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) May 5, 2024
On CNN, State of the Union anchor Jake Tapper brought in former
Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE), who is now serving as the President of
University of Florida and Sasse argued that the First Amendment
should protect speech but did not necessarily extend to actions
especially when those actions included violence and destruction of
property.
Sasse noted that protests had not disrupted the commencement ceremonies
on his campus, but said that the line is between speech and action
and students understood that. He said that rather than clear out an
illegal encampment, his administration had simply made the rules clear
so that they didnt set one up in the first place.
"I think the line is between speech and action."
University of Florida President @BenSasse reacts to the campus
protests over the Israel-Hamas war in an interview with
@jaketapper. pic.twitter.com/e3L3wTKKfJ
State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) May 5, 2024
On Meet the Press, NBC anchor Kristen Welker discussed the protests
with former astronaut and Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ). Kelly said that
once protesters crossed the line into taking illegal actions engaging
in violence, acts of vandalism, or other crimes there was no reason
for police not to step in and stop them.
When they cross a line and when they commit crimes, they should be
arrested. Thats the appropriate thing to do, he said.
WATCH: @SenMarkKelly (D-Ariz.) says its appropriate for
police to step in when protests on college campuses turn
into unlawful acts.
When they cross a line and when they commit crimes, they
should be arrested. Thats the appropriate thing to do.
pic.twitter.com/IxqXXGeRlm
Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) May 5, 2024
Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) took things a step further during his
appearance on Fox News Sunday, telling anchor Shannon Bream that hed
support a move to revoke travel visas for any foreign students who
showed support for the terrorist group Hamas.
Joe Biden and he hasnt done it because hes weak and hes feeble
but Joe Biden very early on should have done as I asked him to do back
in October, if youre in the streets of the United States, youre here
as a visitor, on a visa, Rubio said. Youre not an American, youre
here on a visa and youre here to teach or youre here to go to school,
and youre out there chanting on behalf of Hamas and Hezbollah these
terrorist groups, who by the way also hate America we should revoke
your visa.
WATCH: Senator @marcorubio calls for foreign students
supporting Hamas to have their visa revoked.
pic.twitter.com/MWi1S3eMBk
Fox News Sunday (@FoxNewsSunday) May 5, 2024
The only Sunday show to not get the memo was MSNBCs Inside with Jen
Psaki. The former White House Press Secretary instead continued to
beat what appears to be the only drum she has she invited Rep. Jamie
Raskin (D-MD) to join her, and they took turns complaining about what
Americans could expect from another term with former President Donald
Trump.
***@RepRaskin: "Americans are forewarned. If you look at the
things he's talking about doing mass roundups and incarceration
and deportations That is an authoritarian program. That's
right out of the authoritarian playbook of Mussolini and
beyond." pic.twitter.com/W5ZqTAedy6
Inside with Jen Psaki (@InsideWithPsaki) May 5, 2024
--
Let's go Brandon!