Marco Rubio accuses Democratic donors of financing campus protests

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He said liberal money has provided plywood and supplies for encampments.

Democratic donors may be supplying on-campus occupations, according to U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio.

The Miami Republican on Fox News Sunday repeated a desire that President Joe Biden revoke visas of foreign nationals who voice sympathy for Hamas.

“Joe Biden, very early on, should have said, as I asked him to do back in October: ‘If you’re in the streets of the United States, and you’re here as a visitor on a visa — you’re not an American, you’re here on a visa or you’re here to teach or you’re here to go to school — and you’re out there chanting on behalf of Hamas and Hezbollah and these terrorist groups who by the way also hate America, we should revoke your visa,” Rubio said.

“If you are here in this country as a visitor on a visa, and you are defacing statues of George Washington, ripping down American flags, and putting up Palestinian flags, you should have your visa revoked and eliminated.”

He said Biden failed to act early on that situation, resulting in the widespread and often violent protests on campuses across the country. The Senator also suggested a political reason behind the President’s reluctance, and it’s visible at the encampments themselves.

“There’s a bunch of major Democratic donors who are behind the groups that are funding all this,” Rubio asserted. “I saw the other day, I think it was in UCLA, thousands of dollars of plywood that they were using as barricades against the police.

“They’re committing acts of violence, not just acts of antisemitism, acts of violence, of vandalism, threatening people. I saw another video of a Jewish student who had to shame the police into escorting him so that he could go into an area of the university where he had every right to be because of these zombies, these antisemitic left-wing nut cases that the President should have been very firm about.”

The same day Rubio made those pronouncements, POLITICO published a report tracing funding behind some of the larger protests to megadonors supporting Biden, including Microsoft founder Bill Gates and hedge fund manager George Soros.

Rubio said the protests resulted in a more significant division in the U.S. about support for Israel, stressing his belief the U.S. ally should have the right to wage war on Hamas however it chooses.

“That’s why everything in America is in chaos, from our border to our campuses, because we have a weak, feeble President who cannot communicate and refuses to take a strong line on this because he’s afraid of people voting against him in November who support these crazy ideas.”

Since terrorist attacks on Oct. 7 by Hamas, Israel has responded with attacks on Gaza that have displaced more than a million people. The retaliatory strikes have drawn criticism from some U.S. leaders who have been longtime supporters of Israel, including Senate Democratic leader Charles Schumer.

But Rubio said the war has also displaced Israeli citizens, but that hasn’t earned the same international attention.

“They talk about displaced people. There are 80,000 Israelis right now that are displaced from the north,” Rubio said. “I saw them. They are living in hotels. Their kids are going to school online and in conference rooms at hotels. They can’t go north because Hezbollah is attacking them in northern Israel.”

Jacob Ogles

Jacob Ogles has covered politics in Florida since 2000 for regional outlets including SRQ Magazine in Sarasota, The News-Press in Fort Myers and The Daily Commercial in Leesburg. His work has appeared nationally in The Advocate, Wired and other publications. Events like SRQ’s Where The Votes Are workshops made Ogles one of Southwest Florida’s most respected political analysts, and outlets like WWSB ABC 7 and WSRQ Sarasota have featured his insights. He can be reached at [email protected].


9 comments

  • Impeach Biden

    May 5, 2024 at 5:14 pm

    Not a single penny of my taxpayer money to pay for any of these Joe Biden Demo zombies college loans. Especially the ones that defaced and destroyed campus facilities.

  • ScienceBLVR

    May 5, 2024 at 5:16 pm

    They talk about displaced people. There are 80,000 Israelis right now that are displaced from the north,” Rubio said. “I saw them. They are living in hotels. Their kids are going to school online and in conference rooms at hotels.
    Oh the horror, the inhumanity! They are going to school and living in hotels? I bet that beats starving and being blown to bits in Gaza… I’m sure the Palestinian children who are still alive would welcome a nice hotel stay. Everyone is suffering over there, but Man, Marco is clueless!

    • Impeach Biden

      May 5, 2024 at 5:47 pm

      Now who started this latest war in October? Was it Israel or Hamas? Israel is going to finish it. Enough of the tunnels and sporadic killings. Enough of the rockets that fire from Gaza daily. This is certainly not the end but Israel is determined to set those terrorists back for years.

      • Elvis Pitts "AMERICA'S BIG VOICE ON THE RIGHT" American

        May 5, 2024 at 5:54 pm

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    • Elvis Pitts "AMERICA'S BIG VOICE ON THE RIGHT" American

      May 5, 2024 at 5:52 pm

      America, this type of view point, brought to you by a Woke White Boy, masqurading as a Science Believer is what is wrong with America.
      Raciest White POS and that a’int Point Of Sale ….. its A Piece of Smelly Brown.
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  • Elvis Pitts "AMERICA'S BIG VOICE ON THE RIGHT" American

    May 5, 2024 at 5:27 pm

    Good evening America,
    STAND BY FOR NEWS:
    TWO THINGS:
    I.) You are not Jewish any longer if you continue voting Democrat.
    1: a.) After what the Democrats have done to our Beloved American Jews you would be “Out Of Your Ever-Loving Minds to vote “D” this time.
    2.) You are not a Black Man if you continue voting Democrat.
    2: b.) After what the Democrats have done to our Beloved American Black Brothers you would be “Out Of Your Ever-Loving Minds to vote “D” this time.
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    • Speedy Gonzalez

      May 5, 2024 at 6:04 pm

      Senior Elvis, my Cousin SloPoke, wants you and Americas Patriots knowing our Hispanic Coalition is behind you and Senior Impeach Biden all the way. We will prevail and teach those Dooks a lession they will never be forgeting.
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  • PeterH

    May 5, 2024 at 9:04 pm

    More Rubio conspiracy theories!

  • Tjb

    May 8, 2024 at 5:48 pm

    Typical Republican BS…Rubio is a liar like the Orange ass that he kisses.

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