To receive daily emails from Breaking Christian News to your inbox CLICK HERE


SHARE THIS ARTICLE Printer friendly version of this page

Marco Rubio Is on Fire, and Rep. Jayapal Just Got Burned

Matt Margolis-Opinion : May 22, 2025  PJ Media

"If someone is coming here to stir up problems on our campuses, we're going to revoke their visa." -Secretary of State, Marco Rubio

[PJMedia.com] Marco Rubio lit up Capitol Hill this week—and Rep. Pramila Jayapal walked straight into the flames on Wednesday. What started as a routine hearing turned into a political demolition, as the secretary of State torched the Democrat congresswoman's defense of a foreign national who sided with terrorists. Rubio wasn't just holding the line—he was throwing haymakers, unapologetically defending the decision to revoke a student visa from a pro-Hamas agitator. Jayapal tried to play constitutional lawyer and moral authority. Instead, she got steamrolled. (Screengrab image: via Rumble)

At the center of the clash was Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish national and former University of Massachusetts student who penned a pro-Hamas op-ed in which she accused Israel of committing "genocide" in Gaza and demanded American universities divest from theUSally. That op-ed triggered the revocation of her student visa—something Jayapal claimed was unconstitutional.

"Where in the Constitution does it say that the Secretary of State can override the First Amendment protections of free speech?" she asked. "Is there a footnote that I missed somewhere?"

"There is no constitutional right to a student visa," Rubio explained.

"She was a guest in the United States on a student visa," Rubio continued. "No one is entitled to a student visa. We deny visas every day, and we will revoke and consider revoking visas."

Jayapal, ever eager to play the victimhood card, jumped in with her rehearsed outrage: "You revoked her student visa based on an op-ed, which trumps the supreme law of the land, which is the Constitution."

Rubio fired right back. "If someone is coming here to stir up problems on our campuses, we're going to revoke their visa."

ICYMI: Trump Epically Ambushed the South African President in the Oval Office

Jayapal, flustered but determined, insisted, "She didn't do any of that. She wrote an op-ed... and I'm talking to you about her particular case."

"That's her lawyer's claims and your claims," Rubio shot back. "Those are not the facts."

"You revoked her student visa because she wrote an op-ed," she accused.

Rubio doubled down without blinking.

"Yes, proudly," he said. "And we're going to do more of them. We are going to revoke the visa of anyone who's in the country as a guest who's here to stir up trouble."... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

Continue reading, and watch the video clip Here.







SHARE THIS ARTICLE Printer friendly version of this page

To receive daily emails from Breaking Christian News to your inbox CLICK HERE

Other Recent Articles from Breaking Christian News

NPR Profiles Rise in Christian Music's Mainstream Popularity

Police Praise Heroic Church Members Who Ran over Gunman, Prevented Mass Shooting in Michigan

Exposure of Forced Organ Harvesting Could Trigger CCP’s Fall: Chinese Prison Survivor

With Abortion and Euthanasia Votes, the UK Rejects the Basis of Every Human Freedom

Israeli Family Survives Iranian Missile: 'We Are Only Alive by the Grace of God'

President Trump Issues a Stern Warning as Iran Parliament's Vote to Close Strait of Hormuz Threatens to Send Oil Prices through the Roof

'Operation Midnight Hammer': Here's How They Did It

'MIGA!': Trump Floats Regime Change in Iran

Trump's Iran Stunner: 'None of Us Had Any Idea That a Bunch of Bombers Were Already in the Air'

Iran Launches Missiles At US Bases in Qatar; 'NO Americans Harmed ... Hardly Any Damage'

Woman Meets Jesus during Shocking Near Death Experience: 'I Was Preparing to Die'

Dr. Alveda King: Fear Not! Pray and Obey

In Case You Missed It: Trump Unfurls 2 Big Beautiful American Flags at the White House

Blue-collar Wage Growth Under Trump Sees Largest Increase in Nearly 60 Years, Says Treasury Secretary

Justice Thomas Destroyed the 'Experts' Who Support Mutilating Children

Ninth Circuit's Unanimous Decision on Trump's LA National Guard Deployment

Netanyahu: 'That Tells You Everything' About the Difference Between Israel and Iran

President Trump Sets a Deadline to Decide on Iran Intervention

Star Pitcher Clayton Kershaw Makes Bold Faith Declaration during LA Dodgers' pride Night

NIH Ends Funding for Dangerous Gain-of-Function Research



Search the Articles Archives

Keyword:  
Author:  
Words Posted On:  
Day Month Year



BCN Plus

Follow BCN on Twitter
Are You Praying for Our Government Leaders?
BCN Staff

Steve Shultz
Steve Shultz, Managing Editor
Founder and Owner


Aimee Herd
Aimee Herd, Editor


BCN Plus
Are You Praying for President Trump?
 
 

All articles on this site and emails from BCN are copyrighted property of Breaking Christian News. Permission is given to link to, or share a BCN story if proper attribution is given to both the original writer and summarizer of the story. Breaking Christian News 2005-2019. All Rights Reserved.


Breaking Christian News is a division of Elijah List Publications, Inc. All Rights Reserved


Disclaimer: Articles and links, as well as the source articles linked to; do not necessarily reflect the opinion of Breaking Christian News.

editor@breakingchristiannews.com