House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has visited Columbia University and blasted the pro-Hamas protesters who have set up camp on the prestigious school’s campus.
Johnson delivered a speech during his visit to Columbia‘s campus on Wednesday.
However, he appeared unrattled by throngs of anti-Israel protesters who attempted to shout down his address.
“We did our job today. We spoke out,” Johnson told Fox News’s “Jesse Watters Primetime.”
Johnson also thanked “Saturday Night Live” alumnus Jon Lovitz.
Lovitza talked to host Jesse Watters immediately before Johnson’s appearance.
The speaker thanked Lovitz for speaking out against Jewish hate and the leftist unrest gripping college campuses.
“I wish more people would” let their voice be heard, Johnson said.
“We have to call this madness out for what it is: It was chaos on that campus.”
The House speaker told Fox News he was convinced that many Columbia protesters in the crowd weren’t cognizant of the issues in their apparent cause.
He said many of the protesters don’t understand the extent of Hamas’s October 7 massacre of Israeli civilians.
Johnson noted that some even deny major terror attacks transpired in the United States in 2001.
“We were looking out to a sea of students’