Governor DeSantis condemns campus protests, promises $20 million for Jewish Day Schools

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — Some colleges across the nation were forced to cancel their graduations because of the campus protests over the Israel-Hamas conflict.

The governor says that despite the threat of protests in Florida, state universities enjoyed graduation ceremonies last week, he said this was partly due to his ordering a heightened police presence.

“We don't do that in the state of Florida,” said Governor DeSantis at a press conference in Gainesville Wednesday, where he was greeted by anti-Israel protestors.

“You do not have a right to commandeer property, you don't have a right to take over parts of the university, you don't have a right to go after other students based on their ethnicity and we're going to make sure that's upheld in the state of Florida,” said DeSantis.