DeSantis Warns Pro-Palestine Student Protesters: ‘You Are Going to Be Expelled’

Published on April 25, 2024

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sent a message to the state’s college students that the campuses in Gainesville and Tallahassee would not turn into any semblance of the pro-Hamas-packed schools in the Northeast like Columbia and Yale. “At places like Columbia and Yale, Hamas protesters rule the roost, and the universities are too weak and scared to do anything—even as these mobs harass Jewish students and faculty,” the governor said on X (formerly Twitter). “If you try that at a Florida university, you are going to be expelled.” Pro-Palestine protests have recently erupted on or around the campuses of Florida schools, including one involving students and faculty members at the University of Florida in Gainesville and another in Tampa, just beyond the fencing of Hillsborough Community College’s (HCC) campus and the location of a campaign event for President Biden....