New York Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamaal Bowman, both members of “The Squad,” were seen Friday mingling with anti-Israel agitators at Columbia University, where “support” was offered to those in the encampment established to protest the Israeli military’s actions in Gaza.
In one video shared on social media, a smiling Ocasio-Cortez is shown speaking with those inside the encampment and offering her “support” for those who have become engaged in the protest.
Photographs of Bowman also circulated on social media, showing the cheerful New York Democrat listening to those who were taking part in the encampment protest. His appearance at the school came after he reportedly attended a Thursday evening Biden campaign fundraiser in Westchester County, where he was recognized for his attendance by the president.
The visits by Ocasio-Cortez and Bowman to Columbia’s campus in New York City came one day after Minnesota Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar – another prominent member of the “The Squad” – traveled to the school to show her support for the students who are taking part in a group of encampments on the main lawn in protest of Israel’s war against Hamas.
ILHAN OMAR, DAUGHTER APPEAR AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY ENCAMPMENT AMID NATIONWIDE ANTI-ISRAEL PROTESTS
‘Squad’ Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., were seen on Friday mingling with anti-Israel agitators at Columbia University. (Getty Images)
Omar was joined in her visit to the school by her daughter, Isra Hirsi, who was suspended last week from Barnard College for her involvement in anti-Israel demonstrations on Columbia’s campus.
The appearances by the three progressive “Squad” Democrats come as several colleges and universities around the United States brace for what is yet to come as more and more anti-Israel protests sweep the nation.
Ocasio-Cortez has been an ardent defender of those protesting Israel on college campuses in different corners of the United States. In a Tuesday post on X, Ocasio-Cotez wrote, “Calling in police enforcement on nonviolent demonstrations of young students on campus is an escalatory, reckless, and dangerous act. It represents a heinous failure of leadership that puts people’s lives at risk. I condemn it in the strongest possible terms.”
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., leaves Columbia University after visiting the anti-Israel encampment on April 26, 2024, in New York City. (Adam Gray/Getty Images)
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