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Standing on the steps of the Low Library here at one of the nation’s top universities, Johnson said Nemat Shafik, Columbia’s president, should resign “if she cannot immediately bring order to this chaos.”

Johnson says Columbia’s president should resign during NYC appearance

NEW YORK – Speaker Mike Johnson waded directly into the massive pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University today, calling on the president of the university to resign even as he was shouted down by hundreds of students.

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