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 impeachedThe 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 chargesIn 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:
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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