Mike Johnson hits back at Ilhan Omar’s ‘absurd’ criticism of his Columbia visit

House Speaker Mike Johnson called out Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., for criticizing his visit to Columbia University, saying student safety should not be 'divisive in any way.'

MIKE JOHNSON: It's absurd. It's absolutely absurd for her to say that. It's incredible that I was going there to meet with and speak out on behalf of Jewish students. Safety could be seen as divisive in any way. This is exactly the problem. It's actually an issue that ought to be uniting every elected official. But some of these folks are afraid to speak out, and others, like my colleague Omar, are saying exactly the wrong thing. Look, if these universities would be held accountable and then protect their students on campus, we wouldn't need to be there. We wouldn't need to speak out. And the House has taken action to do everything that's within our power, and we're going to do more. But we need everybody who has a platform, every elected official to be on the right side of this. And sadly, some of them are doing exactly the wrong thing. This article was written by Fox News staff.

Omar, whose daughter was arrested at the Columbia encampment earlier this week, said Johnson was putting people's lives in danger with his visit to the area.