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Rev. Thompson on Columbia Uni Protests: If the White House Isn’t Careful, They’re Going to Hand this Election to the ‘Bibi of America’
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MSNBC

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The ReidOut

Name: The ReidOut
URL: https://www.msnbc.com/reidout
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Joy Ann Reid
, Mark Thompson
, Maryam Alwan

Name: Joy Ann Reid
Employment: MSNBC
Position: National Correspondent

Name: Mark Thompson
Employment: MakeItPlain Podcast
Position: Host

Name: Maryam Alwan
Employment: Columbia University’s Students for Justice in Palestine
Position: Lead Organizer
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04/22/2024 10:23 pm
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Reid What do you ░░░░░░░░ of the leaders of ░░░░░░░░ school seeming I guess ░░░░░░░░ appease maybe members of ░░░░░░░░ that have been all ░░░░░░░░ your president and want ░░░░░░░░ to resign calling the ░░░░░░░░ on you all ALWAN ░░░░░░░░ feels like it s ░░░░░░░░ a McCarthyite campaign to ░░░░░░░░ to equate our peaceful ░░░░░░░░ calling for them to ░░░░░░░░ from violence and then ░░░░░░░░ re calling us violent ░░░░░░░░ It was absolutely horrifying ░░░░░░░░ be carried out in ░░░░░░░░ ties when we were ░░░░░░░░ know just peacefully calling ░░░░░░░░ an end to the ░░░░░░░░ Reid Let me play ░░░░░░░░ Omar s daughter Isra ░░░░░░░░ was on with our ░░░░░░░░ my good friend Ayman ░░░░░░░░ over the weekend This ░░░░░░░░ what she said You ░░░░░░░░ were on together Clip ░░░░░░░░ HIRSI I think that ░░░░░░░░ encampment was honestly one ░░░░░░░░ the beautiful forms of ░░░░░░░░ We would be singing ░░░░░░░░ we had meals together ░░░░░░░░ prayed together they held ░░░░░░░░ yesterday and it s ░░░░░░░░ just been a very ░░░░░░░░ centered space And also ░░░░░░░░ of the fact that ░░░░░░░░ is outside it hadn ░░░░░░░░ disrupted any classes and ░░░░░░░░ really been a very ░░░░░░░░ kind of moment where ░░░░░░░░ zone in which we ░░░░░░░░ actually protesting in is ░░░░░░░░ demonstration zone that we ░░░░░░░░ allowed to technically be ░░░░░░░░ to protest in Clip ░░░░░░░░ Reid charged with trespassing ░░░░░░░░ mean it s about ░░░░░░░░ 000 a year to ░░░░░░░░ that school but you ░░░░░░░░ considered trespassers ALWAN Yeah ░░░░░░░░ ironically they should have ░░░░░░░░ us in order to ░░░░░░░░ that we were trespassing ░░░░░░░░ they didn t And ░░░░░░░░ when we were suspended ░░░░░░░░ said that we were ░░░░░░░░ because we were arrested ░░░░░░░░ So you all are ░░░░░░░░ from school ALWAN Yes ░░░░░░░░ well Yeah Reid You ░░░░░░░░ there is a history ░░░░░░░░ this school calling the ░░░░░░░░ on protesters But these ░░░░░░░░ black protesters back when ░░░░░░░░ were building the gym ░░░░░░░░ Yeah 1968 Same thing ░░░░░░░░ honestly you know we ░░░░░░░░ looks like we re ░░░░░░░░ back there What happened ░░░░░░░░ 1968 Democratic convention in ░░░░░░░░ and people were protesting ░░░░░░░░ Vietnam War Here we ░░░░░░░░ again protesting the war ░░░░░░░░ what the well paid ░░░░░░░░ class doesn t seem ░░░░░░░░ be able to get ░░░░░░░░ to the White House ░░░░░░░░ that he s very ░░░░░░░░ looking like LBJ at ░░░░░░░░ moment And if the ░░░░░░░░ House isn t careful ░░░░░░░░ re going to hand ░░░░░░░░ election over to the ░░░░░░░░ of America which is ░░░░░░░░ Trump But I m ░░░░░░░░ proud of these students ░░░░░░░░ remind us of all ░░░░░░░░ things we used to ░░░░░░░░ We went yesterday as ░░░░░░░░ myself Reverend Stephen Green ░░░░░░░░ Sarsour Tamika Mallory and ░░░░░░░░ prayed we shared communion ░░░░░░░░ so we can do ░░░░░░░░ things at once You ░░░░░░░░ say happy Passover to ░░░░░░░░ Jewish sisters and brothers ░░░░░░░░ Yeah absolutely Thompson And ░░░░░░░░ fight for justice Reid ░░░░░░░░ there were Jewish students ░░░░░░░░ were protesting with you ░░░░░░░░ Yeah absolutely Reid So ░░░░░░░░ do you make of ░░░░░░░░ fact that your protest ░░░░░░░░ calling for even ceasefire ░░░░░░░░ this point is being ░░░░░░░░ with anti Semitism ALWAN ░░░░░░░░ s very sad It ░░░░░░░░ a smear campaign that ░░░░░░░░ ve been dealing with ░░░░░░░░ a long time now ░░░░░░░░ I feel like I ░░░░░░░░ it s because our ░░░░░░░░ and our government are ░░░░░░░░ invested in these violent ░░░░░░░░ know companies that they ░░░░░░░░ they will do whatever ░░░░░░░░ takes to blacklist them ░░░░░░░░ What do you want ░░░░░░░░ students What is your ░░░░░░░░ asking for ALWAN So ░░░░░░░░ re asking that our ░░░░░░░░ divest from all funds ░░░░░░░░ are profiting off of ░░░░░░░░ and genocide as well ░░░░░░░░ amnesty for all students ░░░░░░░░ faculty that have been ░░░░░░░░ to this McCarthyite campaign ░░░░░░░░ discipline And we also ░░░░░░░░ transparency about what Columbia ░░░░░░░░ investing in in the ░░░░░░░░ place Reid You know ░░░░░░░░ recall you know just ░░░░░░░░ memory and from reading ░░░░░░░░ the Vietnam War protests ░░░░░░░░ they were suppressed including ░░░░░░░░ Kent State violently they ░░░░░░░░ just spread And it ░░░░░░░░ like the same thing ░░░░░░░░ happening here The more ░░░░░░░░ the clampdown happens on ░░░░░░░░ students standing up for ░░░░░░░░ in Gaza the more ░░░░░░░░ spreads Thompson NYU MIT ░░░░░░░░ just in the past ░░░░░░░░ hours And now the ░░░░░░░░ s gotten out now ░░░░░░░░ President Biden s going ░░░░░░░░ speak at Morehouse And ░░░░░░░░ can expect demonstrations at ░░░░░░░░ as well Reid And ░░░░░░░░ you think that why ░░░░░░░░ you think that there ░░░░░░░░ to be more fear ░░░░░░░░ this movement?”
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