“Lying on a visa is not speech”, Hawley slams leftists who support domestic terrorists over Jewish students
WASHINGTON — Today in a Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing on antisemitism, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) blasted radical Democrats for putting domestic terrorists over the safety of Jewish students on college campuses. He reminded the Committee that American law expressly empowers the Trump administration to revoke the visa of any individual that espouses or supports terrorist activity in the United States.
He made this point to a witness defending the deportation of Mahmoud Khalil. “Lying on a visa application is not speech. Seeking to assault Columbia university employees and Jewish students is not speech,” argued Senator Hawley. “You are defending an individual who has espoused the destruction of this country, the destruction of the state of Israel, the destruction of Jews, and has taken action in furtherance of the same.”
Listen to this Dem witness insist that Trump investigating Columbia for antisemitism makes Jewish students LESS SAFE.
I'm glad Mahmoud Khalil is gone—and I hope he never comes back pic.twitter.com/fssDQsCkLn
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) March 27, 2025
Senator Hawley has long pushed for the removal of any individual that targets Jewish students on college campuses by actively supporting terrorist groups.
Watch the full exchange here.