Republican politicians applauded the belligerents The sudden resignation of Columbia University President Minouche Shafik Wednesday — with some accusing the scholar of allowing anti-Semitism to run rampant on Ivy League campuses.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Shafik’s resignation was “long overdue” and comes four months after he encouraged her to resign from the job.

“As a result of President Shafik’s refusal to protect Jewish students and maintain order on campus, Columbia University became the epicenter of the vicious anti-Semitism that has plagued many American college campuses since Hamas’s barbaric attack on Israel last fall,” the lawmaker said in a scathing statement. statement.

“Jewish students at Columbia starting this academic year should breathe a sigh of relief… We hope President Shafik’s resignation serves as an example to university administrators across the country that tolerating or harboring anti-Semitism is unacceptable and will have consequences.”

Shafik confirmed she was leaving the elite university after just one year at the helm, a tenure marred by constant — and sometimes destructive — anti-Israel protests.

She admitted in a letter to the student body that the “period of turmoil” inspired her shock resignation.

Several members of the House Education and Workforce Committee — which investigated Shafik and other Ivy League presidents over rising anti-Semitism on their campuses — acknowledged Shafik’s resignation as a result of their investigation.

New York Rep. Elise Stefanik celebrated the news in a statement that referenced the fallen presidents of the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who stepped down from their roles earlier this year.

“THREE DOWN, so many to go,” Stefanik wroteadding that her “failed presidency was unsustainable and it was only a matter of time before her forced resignation.

“We will continue to demand moral clarity, condemnation of anti-Semitism, protection of Jewish students and faculty, and stronger leadership from American institutions of higher education,” she added.

Rope. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), who chaired the House Education and Workforce Committee, accused Shafik of allowing a “disturbing wave of anti-Semitic harassment, discrimination and disorder” to flourish on Columbia’s campus.

“Jewish students and faculty have been mocked, harassed and assaulted simply for their identity. Every student has the right to a safe learning environment. Period. Yet flagrant violations of the law and university rules went unpunished,” Fox wrote.

Rope. Mike Lawler (R-NY) also referred to Shafik’s testimony before the House committee — in which she refused to say whether the phrase “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” should be considered anti-Semitic.

“This is a long time coming” Lawler said on X.

“I have been calling for the impeachment or resignation of President Shafik ever since her abysmal failure to condemn Columbia’s anti-Semitic outbursts or ensure the safety of Jewish students on her campus. Let this be a lesson to all who falter in the face of evil.”

Even the Democrats were keeping up.

New York Rep. Richie Torres said that under Shafik’s tenure, the university had been “revealed as ground zero for campus anti-Semitism in NYC.”

“I hope the new leadership will engender the moral clarity and moral courage to confront the deep rot of anti-Semitism at Columbia’s core.” he rumoured.

Shafik announced her departure from Columbia in a shocking letter to the school community on Wednesday — after months of mounting calls for her resignation over her handling of the protests, which erupted after Hamas’s Oct. 7 invasion of Israel.

Critics argued that Shafik did not adequately quell the campus protests until the tent camps took over the Ivy League school’s lawn in the weeks leading up to graduation.

The researcher said that “the period has taken a considerable toll on my family, as it has on others in our community.”

“Over the summer, I have been able to reflect and have decided that what I am doing going forward at this time would best enable Columbia to meet the challenges ahead,” she wrote.

Dr. Katrina Armstrong, CEO of Columbia University Irving Medical Center, will step in as interim president, the school announced.