Hawks of antisemitic college campus protests have been skeptical of Columbia’s concessions to restore its $400 million in federal grants, and now a new report suggested the interim president might not be dealing in good faith with the Trump administration.

Columbia interim President Katrina Armstrong reportedly told the Trump administration the school would enforce a mask ban on pro-Hamas protests on her campus, but The Wall Street Journal reported that she is telling faculty there will be no such ban.

Critics of mask protesters note that their speech, even if unpopular is free, but they should not be permitted to mask up to avoid discipline or accountability for rule-breaking amid their antisemitic protesting.

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