The Squad defends the pro-Palestinian protesters causing chaos at colleges and insists the students have 'been through a lot'

Two progressive 'Squad' members invited pro-Palestinian protestors from George Washington University to speak at the Capitol and condemned the D.C. police for 'assaulting' them while clearing their student encampment.

After weeks of occupying the school lawn at George Washington University (GWU), pro-Palestinian protestors were cleared from their Gaza solidarity camp early Wednesday morning. 

The 'Squad' lawmakers praised the student protestors for having 'been through a lot' in standing up for Gaza and slammed the D.C. police for clearing the encampment.

They heaped praise on the student protestors for standing up to the 'genocide in Gaza' and for weathering slanderous claims that the students are anti-Semitic. 

However, protestors at the encampment made blatant calls for the destruction of Israel, including chanting for 'from the river to the sea' and 'intifada revolution.'

One protestor at GWU even held a sign advocating for Adolph Hitler's final solution, his plan to kill all Jewish individuals worldwide. 

Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., (center) is joined by her fellow progressive 'Squad' member Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., (center right) and George Washington University students who helped organize the school's 'Gaza Solidarity Encampment' at a press conference on Wednesday

Both progressive 'Squad' members slammed D.C. Police for brutalizing peaceful student protestors during their raid of the encampment

Officers of the Metropolitan Police Department pepper spray demonstrators at George Washington University

'We woke up this morning to the disturbing news that D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department had raided the GW Gaza solidarity encampment and assaulted, pepper sprayed and arrested the non-violent student protestors in the middle of the night,' Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., fumed at the press event. 

'This is all happening because of those who refuse to stop the ongoing genocide in Gaza think they can arrest and brutalize their way out of this situation.'

'They think they can intimidate and erase the overwhelming voices for peace and justice,' Bush continued. 

Bush and her fellow progressive 'Squad' member Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., hosted the event which featured students from GWU who facilitated the encampment. 

On Monday, the university's president, Ellen Granberg, declared the encampment was illegal and dangerous.

'What is currently happening at GW is not a peaceful protest protected by the First Amendment or our university’s policies,' Granberg wrote in a statement.

'The demonstration, like many around the country, has grown into what can only be classified as an illegal and potentially dangerous occupation of GW property.' 

D.C. Police officers stand guard outside of GWU campus after the Gaza solidarity camp was removed early Wednesday morning 

At least 33 students were arrested for occupying the university grounds 

Finally heeding the Granberg's pleas, around 4:00 a.m. on Wednesday morning, D.C. police arrested at least 33 students at the encampment after they refused the university's demands to leave. 

According to D.C. Police Chief Pamela A. Smith, last week law enforcement 'began to see an escalation in the volatility of the protests,' leading to Wednesday's clearing of the camp.

Still, despite local law enforcement's explanation for the raid, the lawmakers were angry that students were kicked out.

'I want all the Democrats and Republicans to know they cannot arrest their way out of this growing dissent,' Tlaib said Wednesday. 'These student's First Amendment right does end them when they enter campus grounds.' 

'It is outrageous that police are now entering college campuses across our nation with their guns drawn, targeting students with pepper spray, tear gas, rubber bullets and tasters,' she said. 

She then declared 'shame' as members of the crowd joined her in the chant. 

GWU student protestors had occupied one of the school's lawns for weeks

Several Jewish students at the university told DailyMail.com in recent weeks that they have felt afraid as a result of the anti-Israel demonstrations and that at times activists have seemed more 'pro-Hamas' than pro-Palestinian. 

'I thought it was just so incredible to see these different communities from different backgrounds coming together on this sense of fighting oppression against anyone, no matter who they are,' Tlaib said.