Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, told Newsmax on Monday he recently asked Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser to tell Congress why the city hasn’t responded to a request by George Washington University (GW) to remove an anti-Israel tent encampment from its campus.
Bowser, a Democrat, and D.C. Police Chief Pamela Smith are set to testify at a public hearing Wednesday in front of the committee, which has legislative authority over the District of Columbia. The tent encampment is part of several protests regarding Israel’s war against Iranian-backed Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip that have rocked college campuses nationwide, leading to thousands of arrests.
GW President Ellen Granberg said in a statement Sunday the protest, now in its 12th day, “has grown into what can only be classified as an illegal and potentially dangerous occupation of GW property.” She said, “it is clear that this is no longer a GW student demonstration” and that it has been “co-opted by individuals who are largely unaffiliated with our community and do not have our community’s best interest in mind.”
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