Rep. Greg Murphy, R-N.C., said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., needs to “take off [her] blinders” regarding the anti-Israel student demonstrations that have roiled Columbia and Yale and realize “these aren’t peaceful protests.”

Ocasio-Cortez on Monday described the protests as “peaceful,” despite reported incidents of harassment and threats of violence against Jewish students.  

“They called the riots of the summer of 2020 ‘peaceful’ when they were burning buildings and people died,” Murphy said Tuesday on Newsmax’s “Wake Up America.” “AOC doesn’t have much of a touch of reality, whether it be in economics or in social issues. This is her happy day, when she can see protests and everything destructive on campuses.

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