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These are the lawmakers who voted against condemning support for terrorist groups on college campuses

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Dozens of lawmakers voted against a resolution Thursday to condemn campus support for terrorist organizations.

The resolution, introduced on October 19 by Utah Republican Rep. Burgess Owens, was to condemn terrorist groups such as Hezbollah and Hamas “in institutions of higher education, which could “lead to the creation of a hostile environment for Jewish students, teachers and professors.” staff,” seconds to the resolution. The House past the resolution 396-23, with 14 members without a vote.

“It is the height of hypocrisy that the very colleges that champion diversity, equity and inclusion remain silent while hateful acts of anti-Semitism spread like wildfire on their campuses,” Owens. said in a press release.

Oregon Democratic Rep. Earl Blumenauer, New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman, Missouri Rep. Cori Bush, Indiana Rep. Andre Carson, Florida Rep. Maxwell Frost, Illinois Rep. Jesus Garcia, California Rep. Jared Huffman, Illinois Rep. Jonathan Jackson, and Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal were among the lawmakers who voted against the bill, according to the Office of the Clerk’s website.

Pennsylvania Democratic Representative Summer Lee Massachusetts Representative James McGovern New York Representative Alexandria-Ocasio Cortez Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar Massachusetts Representative Ayanna Pressley Illinois Representative Delia Ramirez California Representative Mark Takano, Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Illinois Rep. Lauren Underwood, New York Rep. Nydia Velazquez, California Rep. Maxine Waters, New Jersey Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman also voted against the bill

Representative Burgess Owens, R-UT, listens during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on voting rights on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on April 20, 2021. (Photo by BILL CLARK/POOL/AFP via Getty Images )

Rep. Ritchie Torres, a Democrat from New York, initially voted against the bill, but later voted against it said on Twitter that it was a mistake and that he “submitted a correction for the record.”

Kentucky Republican Rep. Thomas Massie also voted against the bill, according to the Secretary’s Office.

“Free speech means protecting the speech you don’t like, not just the speech you like,” Massie said in a tweet

Students on several US college campuses were pro-Palestinian rallies after the terrorist of Hamas attacks about Israel Many used slogans and images related to violent acts.

Owens did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation.

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