Meghan McCain demands ASU condemn pro-Palestine march, says it shouldn't host father's library if it doesn't

Meghan McCain decried on social media Arizona State University students marching in support of Palestinians as the conflict between Israel and Hamas stretches into its seventh day.

McCain asked ASU's leadership to condemn the rally, which she described as "support of Hamas," invoking the university's recently announced library in honor of her father, the late six-term Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.

"No entity that condones such behavior on their campus has any business hosting my fathers library in his name. Full stop. I severely encourage the heads of Arizona State University @ASU to come out and condemn this support of Hamas immediately," McCain wrote in a post on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.

Hamas is the Islamic militant movement that governs the Gaza Strip, and was responsible for the surprise attacks against Israel. Most Palestinian civilians are not members of Hamas.

In the video, a crowd of students can be seen walking past ASU's Memorial Union building, waving Palestinian flags and chanting "Free Palestine."

Two signs visible in the video read: "End Israeli Apartheid, End Capitalism," and "No occupier outlives the occupied."

Meghan McCain's husband, the conservative commentator Ben Domenech, previously criticized the library on different grounds. Domenech said that the library's funding, which in part draws on a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package passed earlier in President Joe Biden's tenure, goes against McCain's longstanding opposition to "earmarking," in which lawmakers secure federal dollars for specific projects in their home districts. McCain crusaded against the practice for years.

"John would never have approved using taxpayer dollars, let alone Covid Rescue Plan funds, to pay for his library," Domenech wrote on X when the library was first announced.

Biden, who was a friend and longtime Senate colleague of McCain's, visited Arizona last month to announce the library, which university leaders said will serve as “a solutions center and gathering spot to learn more about leadership, democracy and national security.”

Biden is paying special attention to Arizona, which he narrowly carried in 2020 because it's considered one of the four most competitive states in the upcoming presidential election.

This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Meghan McCain wants ASU to condemn pro-Palestine march