Trump Compares Columbia Protests to Jan. 6, Wonders If Students Will Face ‘Same Kind of Treatment’ by Jacob Burg – US Politics News

As Columbia University plans to suspend certain pro-Palestinian protesters after rejecting demands for the school to disclose and divest from Israel, former President Donald Trump asked if those who hijacked Hamilton Hall will face similar consequences to Jan. 6 defendants.
Pro-Palestinian protests have erupted at universities across the country over the past month, including the University of Southern California, the University of Texas at Austin, Virginia Tech, the University of North Carolina, and others.
Police have arrested nearly 1,000 students and faculty, and some lawmakers and students are pushing back against demonstrations they fear are growing increasingly anti-Semitic and threatening campus safety.
President Trump spoke with reporters on April 30 while standing outside the Manhattan courtroom where he is facing a criminal trial over his alleged 2016 hush money “scheme.”…