Former President Donald Trump, in multiple calls to Fox News' Hannity, claimed that the pro-Palestine protests at Columbia University were orchestrated by paid, professional agitators. Trump suggested that the uniformity of the protest signs, which he said were made by the same printer, indicated that the demonstrators were not genuine but were being financially backed. He referred to these as unfounded claims amid escalating nationwide college campus protests.
#DonaldTrump says #Palestine supporters at Universities are 'paid… professional agitators' https://t.co/6HA7tyMDC2
Donald J. Trump called stated the protesters at Columbia were paid and professional protesters. https://t.co/0wPa9Wgix1
🇺🇸🇵🇸 TRUMP: COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY DEMONSTRATORS ARE PAID TO PROTEST "I really think you have a lot of paid agitators and professional agitators here, too. These aren't hand-painted signs where people would go to their basements and paint something because they really believe it."… https://t.co/9RKUZBAHVm
Donald Trump called in to Hannity and stated the protesters at Columbia were paid and professional protesters. Yup, he's correct. https://t.co/sxnWJo3Jsr
Donald Trump called in to Hannity and stated the protesters at Columbia were paid and professional protesters. https://t.co/yRXzbwdR8n
Former President Trump made unfounded claims that pro-Palestine protests at Columbia University contained “paid agitators” as nationwide college campus protests escalate. https://t.co/nLyXk7mJdv
President Trump says "there are a lot of paid agitators, professional agitators" among the campus protests. "These signs are all identical. They're made by the same printer and when you see that, that means somebody up top that's paying." https://t.co/c9EY1hiNA1
BREAKING: Trump calls into Hannity and suggests that some of the protesters are being paid. “I think you have a lot of paid agitators, professional agitators...these are signs that are identical. They're made by the same printer.” https://t.co/Epl2Zlpnvn
JUST IN: President Donald Trump says that there are a lot of paid professional agitators in the Pro-Palestine campus protests "When you see signs and they're all identical that means they're being paid by a source. You know these aren't hand painted signs where people would go… https://t.co/lLg5KOlA8M
Donald Trump called into Hannity to attack Joe Biden and to suggest that the protesters at Columbia are paid actors. https://t.co/3xn59KeEVz