Congressman partly backtracks his praise of a campus conflict that included racist gestures

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
Associated Press

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Republican congressman is partially backtracking on his praise for a campus conflict that included a man making monkey noises and gestures at a Black student who was protesting the Israel-Hamas war. Rep. Mike Collins of Georgia said Monday that the man at the University of Mississippi could face punishment and should ask forgiveness. A national fraternity says it has removed one of its members for “racist actions” as a large group of students heckled a smaller group that was protesting the Israel-Hamas war. The fraternity, Phi Delta Theta did not name the student, nor did it specify whether he was the one who made the monkey noises and gestures.