House committee hearing on campus free speech disrupted by pro-Palestinian protesters

Congress held a hearing on Wednesday in response to the censorship of conservatives and rampant antisemitism that has recently roiled college campuses, a panel that was disrupted when pro-Palestine protesters interrupted testifying students.

Witnesses testifying at the House Judiciary’s “Free Speech on College Campuses” hearing included Jasmyn Jordan, current chairwoman of Iowa Young Americans for Freedom at the University of Iowa, Connor Ogrydziak, former chairman of the University of Buffalo’s Young Americans for Freedom, and Amanda Silberstein, a Jewish student at Cornell University.

While attempting to give his testimony, Ogrydziak was interrupted six times by pro-Palestinian protesters shouting phrases like “Free Gaza,” “Palestine liberation is not antisemitism,” and “Palestinian students should not be censored.”