Sherrod Brown reacts to campus protests: The laws have to be enforced [Video]

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Sen. Sherrod Brown declined to criticize the police response to recent anti-Israel protests at Ohio State University and other college campuses across the state and country, telling reporters on Wednesday that Democratic lawmakers in Columbus who have done so don’t speak for him.

Asked about OSU protestors’ demands that the university divest from Israeli sources, Brown, a Democrat, also said that doing so isn’t allowed under Ohio law, based on a 2016 bill signed by then-Gov. John Kasich, a Republican.

“Fundamentally, I think that antisemitism and hate and violence are unacceptable on campuses,” Brown said. “If students want to make their voices heard, they need to do it in a way that’s nonviolent and they need to do it in a way that doesn’t spew hatred. And the laws need to be enforced.”

Brown declined to elaborate on his thoughts on the police response. “The laws need …