- Rep. Lauren Boebert went to George Washington University on Wednesday.
- The Colorado Republican sparred with pro-Palestinian protesters at the university.
- Protesters chanted “Beetlejuice,” referring to the musical she got kicked out of after fondling her date.
Rep. Lauren Boebert’s attempt to engage with pro-Palestinian protesters at George Washington University on Wednesday didn’t go very well.
The Colorado Republican was hit with chants of “Beetlejuice” when she arrived on campus. This was likely a reference to an incident in September when Boebert got kicked out of the “Beetlejuice” musical after she and her date were seen fondling each other.
Boebert visited the college campus with her fellow GOP politicians, James Comer, Byron Donalds, and Anna Paulina Luna.
But the hostile reception didn’t deter Boebert from making her stance known to protesters.
“This is America, and that shit needs to come down,” Boebert told protesters as she tried to remove a Palestinian flag that was draped over a statue of George Washington.
“It’s not your property,” a man told Boebert.
Boebert later threatened to cut the university’s funding if the protesters weren’t stopped.
“If they don’t want to do something to address this? Well, then kiss your federal funding goodbye,” Boebert said while using a loudhailer.
Boebert isn’t the only GOP politician who has tangled with pro-Palestinian protesters on American college campuses.
House Speaker Mike Johnson was booed and heckled by students when he visited Columbia University last month. Johnson called for the resignation of the university’s president, Minouche Shafik, after the Ivy League institution was rocked by protests over Israel’s war in Gaza.
On Tuesday evening, officers from the New York Police Department entered the university in riot gear and detained dozens of protesters.
Johnson’s and Boebert’s calls to crack down on protesters expose a growing rift between the GOP and American colleges over their handling of protests on campus.
Last month, the House of Representatives approved $26.38 billion in aid to Israel. The bill was passed by a 366-58 margin, with 37 Democrats and 21 Republicans voting against the bill.
“The rise of antisemitism in America and especially on college campuses is abhorrent and disgusting,” Boebert wrote in an X post on Wednesday.
Representatives for Boebert did not immediately respond to a request for comment from BI sent outside regular business hours.
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