New York City Mayor Eric Adams, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, and the governors of other states where college students are protesting are to blame for the escalation of campus protests, former New York City Police Commissioner Bernie Kerik told Newsmax Saturday.

“I blame this strictly on the leadership of New York City and the governor of New York City and the governors in the states where these campuses are,” Kerik said on “Wake Up America Weekend.”

“First of all, anybody that engages in violence should be arrested. If [former New York City Mayor] Rudy Giuliani was still in office and I was still the police commissioner in New York City, we mowed down these campuses and all the garbage in them, get everything out, and then lock up anybody that engages in violence.

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