Several of the activists arrested during an anti-Israel protest at Columbia University on Thursday were revealed to come from wealthy and prominent families or have connections to others in positions of leadership.
According to a report from the New York Post, many of the protesters list multimillion-dollar homes as their address, and many are students at Columbia’s sister school, Bernard College.
Some of the shouts that came from the protest included, “We are Hamas!” as well as “Long live Hamas!”
Among the arrested protestors was Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar’s daughter, Irsa Hirsi. She was arrested for trespassing during the event.
One of the protestors was Avery Reed who served as a summer intern for New York State Attorney General Letitia James, who is currently prosecuting former President Trump. She also worked for the Biden-Harris campaign for “gender equality” in Florida in 2021 and…
