U. Michigan Student Government Impeaches Anti-Israel President and VP
“The pair were elected last spring on an anti-Israel platform called Shut It Down”
The student government at the University of Michigan was basically taken over by anti-Israel activists last spring who then used their positions to cause all kinds of chaos, holding back funds for various activities.
There are some serious charges involved here, too. This impeachment was an effort on the behalf of other students to take their student government back from radicals.
Peter Cordi reports at the Washington Examiner:
University of Michigan anti-Israel student government leaders impeached
The University of Michigan’s Central Student Government approved articles of impeachment against its president, Alifa Chowdhury, and vice president, Elias Atkinson, on Tuesday on charges of incitement of violence, cyber theft, and dereliction of duty.
The pair were elected last spring on an anti-Israel platform called Shut It Down, which promised to withhold funding for numerous campus activities, including a food pantry, MCAT and LSAT prep services, and an airport transportation service, until the school agreed to divest from Israel.
Chowdhury and Atkinson were successful in pulling this funding until the student government got involved and defied its top two leaders to restore the funds.
What prompted the charges
In response to the restoration of campus activity funding and the rejection of a proposal to send money from student fees to universities in Gaza, the CSG leaders called on anti-Israel agitators to “pack CSG” at an Oct. 8 meeting and claimed that “Zionist members of CSG” were trying to punish Gaza, stating they “welcome this fight” and “call on you to join us.”
According to the articles of impeachment, these statements “encouraged — and foreseeably resulted in — lawless action” at the CSG meeting where anti-Israel protesters “began shouting and amassing on the floor of the Assembly, menaced Members of the Assembly and CSG personnel, and engaged in other violent and destructive acts.”
Those calls to “pack CSG” to join the “fight” against Zionists are what prompted the incitement of violence charge. The articles state they “gravely endangered the security of students.”
Steve McGuire posted a lengthy thread about this on Twitter/X:
BREAKING: The University of Michigan student government has impeached its anti-Israel president and vice-president for:
-incitement to violence;
-cyber theft; and,
-dereliction of duty.
The students are taking their government back.
— Steve McGuire (@sfmcguire79) November 13, 2024
The impeachment comes after students outmaneuvered the activists running their government and restored funding for student activities: https://t.co/reVMGPQK74
— Steve McGuire (@sfmcguire79) November 13, 2024
This was the reaction after that vote:@thestustustudio pic.twitter.com/Mj0S6Ib7Dz
— Steve McGuire (@sfmcguire79) November 13, 2024
The incitement to violence charge against the president concerns the lead-up to that meeting and the aftermath of the vote (seen above): pic.twitter.com/SU1Djf9zww
— Steve McGuire (@sfmcguire79) November 13, 2024
The cyber theft charge accuses her of “stealing the Central Student Government Instagram account” by changing the password after the meeting: pic.twitter.com/Syc5xHfOzB
— Steve McGuire (@sfmcguire79) November 13, 2024
The dereliction of duty charge is the longest and alleges several failings on the part of the president — not submitting reports, misleading other members, failing to attend meetings, etc. pic.twitter.com/oIl93UxGGQ
— Steve McGuire (@sfmcguire79) November 13, 2024
Similar charges for incitement to violence and dereliction of duty (but not cyber theft) were filed against the vice-president: pic.twitter.com/LDAWA55GVZ
— Steve McGuire (@sfmcguire79) November 13, 2024
The executives (who call themselves “Shut It Down”) had earlier released a statement refusing to resign, saying “We occupy CSG not to maintain the system, but to dismantle it in pursuit of global liberation.”
Now it seems they’re being shut down, and their occupation will end. pic.twitter.com/izkYpuzeTu
— Steve McGuire (@sfmcguire79) November 13, 2024
Radical student activists who are obsessed with this issue are disrupting normal campus activities. This battle was won by the average students who just want a normal college experience.
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Comments
I recall Reagan coming to the Horseshoe to deliver an address at the University of South Carolina, and even as far back as 1984 the anti-Israel crowd was outside the gates chanting the idiotic “One, two, three, four…we don’t want your dirty war”.
When the crowd was leaving a scuffle broke out, punches thrown and the protesters retreated while the crowd chanted “USA! USA!”
It was a wild sight for a 19 year old kid from the sticks!
“Student government” is an oxymoron.
Chowder and her low-t beta femboi.
She’s wearing the universally adopted self-satisfied smirk of the Hamas fascist.
https://www.jewishpress.com/news/on-campus/michigan-u-students-impeach-their-president-for-violence-cybertheft-calling-opponents-zionists/2024/11/14/
There are lots of rats and do nothings that will be looking for work in the coming year.
So a majority votes one way and “this is not democracy”? These bozos are embarrassingly stupid.
The real question, though, is: now that they’ve been impeached, who tries them? Impeachment is only formal accusation. A trial is supposed to follow an impeachment. Who judges?
S0 two student extremists stage a palace coup of a student government and the other students aren’t having it? Good. Too bad the only thing that will happen to them is removal from office. Expulsion would be a good lesson.