- Rep. Lauren Boebert visited George Washington University on Wednesday.
- The Colorado Republican clashed with pro-Palestinian protesters at the university.
- Protesters chanted “Beetlejuice,” in reference to the musical she was 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” as she arrived on campus. This was likely a reference to an incident in September when Boebert was kicked out of the musical “Beetlejuice” after she and her date were seen fondling each other.
Boebert visited the college campus with fellow GOP politicians James Comer, Byron Donalds and Anna Paulina Luna.
But the hostile reception did not deter Boebert from making his position known to the protesters.
“This is America, and this shit needs to go down,” Boebert told protesters as she attempted to remove a Palestinian flag draped over a statue of George Washington.
“This is not your property,” one man told Boebert.
Boebert then threatened to cut funding to the university if the protesters were not stopped.
“If they don’t want to do something about this problem? Well, say goodbye to your federal funding,” Boebert said using a loudspeaker.
Boebert is not the only Republican politician to have confronted 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 president. Minouche Shafik, after the Ivy League institution was rocked by protests against Israel’s war in Gaza.
On Tuesday evening, NYPD officers entered the university in riot gear and arrested dozens of protesters.
Johnson and Boebert’s calls to crack down on protesters reveal a growing divide between the Republican Party and America’s universities over their handling of campus protests.
Last month, the House of Representatives approved $26.38 billion in aid to Israel. The bill passed by a margin of 366-58, with 37 Democrats and 21 Republicans voting against the bill.
“The rise of anti-Semitism in America and particularly on college campuses is abhorrent and disgusting,” Boebert wrote in a statement. Message Wednesday.
Representatives for Boebert did not immediately respond to a request for comment from BI sent outside of normal business hours.
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