{"id":68054,"date":"2026-03-04T12:59:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T17:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/04\/ny-gop-candidate-torches-columbia-group-over-death-to-america-post-tells-them-to-get-the-f-out\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T12:59:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T17:59:21","slug":"ny-gop-candidate-torches-columbia-group-over-death-to-america-post-tells-them-to-get-the-f-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/04\/ny-gop-candidate-torches-columbia-group-over-death-to-america-post-tells-them-to-get-the-f-out\/","title":{"rendered":"NY GOP candidate torches Columbia group over \u2018Death to America\u2019 post, tells them to \u2018get the f— out\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, the Republican front-runner for governor, blasted a pro-Palestinian Columbia University<\/a> student group after it posted “Death to America” in Farsi following the reported killing of Iran\u2019s supreme leader.<\/p>\n

“To the Columbia University Students and Faculty who posted \u2018Death to America\u2019 \u2014 I have one message for you \u2014 Get the f— out,” Blakeman said in a video message obtained by Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n

The controversy quickly spilled into the race against Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul<\/a>, with Blakeman arguing progressive leaders in New York have failed to confront what he calls rising anti-American extremism at elite universities.<\/p>\n

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Columbia University Apartheid Divest \u2014 which is not recognized by the university administration \u2014 describes itself as a coalition of student organizations that view a Palestinian state as “the vanguard for our collective liberation” and says it is a continuation of the Vietnam-era anti-war movement.<\/p>\n

The group tweeted “Marg bar Amrika” \u2014 or “Death to America” \u2014 on Saturday after Khamenei was killed. X has since taken down the post.<\/p>\n

The development infuriated Blakeman, who is now the top name in the GOP field<\/a> following the withdrawal of Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y.<\/p>\n

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Blakeman called the situation “disgusting” in an ensuing statement and called for immediate action against the student group.<\/p>\n

“Let\u2019s be clear: this isn\u2019t activism. It\u2019s extremism and incites terror. American universities exist because of the freedoms, protections, and opportunities this country provides,” Blakeman said.<\/p>\n

“At Columbia University, something has gone seriously wrong for many years.”<\/p>\n

After the tweet disappeared, CUAD wrote that the social media platform forced the group to delete it to regain access to its account.<\/p>\n

“[B]ut the sentiment still stands,” they wrote, according to the New York Post<\/a>, which reported the follow-up before X again deleted the post.<\/p>\n

The group called Khamenei\u2019s death<\/a> “devastating news” and said their “hearts are with the Iranian people [who] have every right to defend [themselves] against Zionist warfare.”<\/p>\n

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As the university ultimately reiterated that it does not recognize the organization, CUAD wrote on X that it has “no affiliation\u2026 with the fascist state functionary known as Columbia University.”<\/p>\n

“We operate completely outside of the purview of a registered student organization and are proud not to receive any recognition from that institution,” said the group, which also organized the tent-filled anti-Israel “sit-in” protests of 2024 in part with Mahmoud Khalil.<\/p>\n

Khalil, a Syrian-born master\u2019s graduate<\/a> of Columbia\u2019s School of International & Public Affairs, was held by the Trump administration at an immigration facility in Louisiana in the wake of the encampment controversy until a federal judge ordered him released.<\/p>\n

A Columbia University statement to the Post read in part that CUAD is “illegally using the Columbia name.”<\/p>\n

Fox News Digital reached out to the Hochul campaign for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, the Republican front-runner for governor, blasted a pro-Palestinian Columbia University student group after it posted “Death to America” in Farsi following the reported killing of Iran\u2019s supreme leader. “To the Columbia University Students and Faculty who posted \u2018Death to America\u2019 \u2014 I have one message for you \u2014 Get the … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68054\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}