“Said Columbia University has told students, “Well, if you’re Jewish, maybe you do want to stay home.”
What PolitiFact found
Virtual access to classes was offered as an option for any student who felt uncomfortable with the continuing protests. The university did not encouraged Jewish students to go remote.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Mike Johnson (House speaker) made this claim around 25 April 2024. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 30 April 2024, 5 days later. Its rating was “False”.
Mike Johnson has 10 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 5 of them false or fake, 5 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- transcripts.cnn.comhttps://transcripts.cnn.com/show/ebo/date/2024-04-24/segment/01
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