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It Might Be Time to Resurrect This House Committee...But the Left Will Totally Melt Down

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It Might Be Time to Resurrect This House Committee...But the Left Will Totally Melt Down
In this Oct. 28, 1947 file photo, screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, left, and his wife, Cleo, listen from the audience as the chairman of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) announces a contempt citation against Trumbo at a hearing in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo, File)

The southern border of the United States has been open for four years. Millions of criminal aliens have poured into the country—terrorists are here. We had an ISIS-affiliated human smuggling ring operating within our borders, thanks to Joe Biden’s failed immigration policies. To boot, we also have domestic enemies, academics who have taken our higher learning institutions hostage, turning them into reservoirs of recruitment for radical Islamic terrorists. We need to resurrect the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) to get to the bottom of this.

I know its mandate and responsibilities were transferred to the House Judiciary Committee in 1975, but I separated them again. Staff it separately and have some of the most hardcore conservative Republicans investigate academia and anywhere the cancerous progressive left has infected with its propaganda. First and foremost, the pro-Hamas nonsense. Get every college and university president who allowed these antisemitic hooligans to take over college campuses. How deep does the hatred of Jews go at these institutions? Are they brainwashing their student bodies to hate America and supporting causes that threaten our national security?

Who are these people, and what are they doing? At George Mason University, we had two separate incidents of pro-Hamas students getting busted for plotting acts of terror. Abdullah Ezzeldin Taha Mohamed Hassan, a freshman, got arrested over the holiday for conspiring with an undercover federal agent to attack the Israeli general consulate in New York. That dovetails off the Chana sisters, who got arrested for having pro-terror flags, scores of guns, and ammunition, along with foreign passports.

Jena and Noor Chanaa of the school’s Students for Justice in Palestine chapter were initially investigated for acts of vandalism against George Mason’s student center. A search warrant was obtained when police found these other items, including Hezbollah flags and other paraphernalia that called for the death of America and Jews. The sisters have since been banned from campus. They deserve to rot in Guantanamo Bay. 

We have terror operatives among us, and they must be exposed, uprooted, deported, or imprisoned, depending on the charges. This isn’t a Red Scare mentality. These people have already committed acts of terror against us. There was an ISIS terror attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Day. This is not a matter of free speech or persecuting people for merely being communists, which is not a crime. Still, when you plot to murder Americans and overthrow the government for, in this circumstance, supporting the State of Israel, it’s a matter of national security. 

You can hate Israel. You can be antisemitic. Those are heinous views, but they are not crimes. You shouldn’t expect many job interviews or economic opportunities unless you’re a Hamas operative. Still, when you weaponize those viewpoints to engage in a campaign of terror and death against innocent civilians, it’s no longer about the First Amendment. And far too often, these people who espouse hatred of Israel are also plotting to kill Americans. 

Re-establish HUAC or have the House Judiciary Committee do it—I don’t care; get these college kids and presidents who have been caught at these pro-Hamas gatherings so we can get to the bottom of what they know and whether they threaten our way of life. 

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