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Richard Luscombe in Miami

Florida Republican student group sues university after suspension over Nazi salute post

students walk on a university campus under a sign that reads 'university of Florida'
Students walk through the University of Florida campus. Photograph: Phelan M Ebenhack/Orlando Sentinel via Getty Images

A dispute among student Republican groups in Florida over alleged antisemitic behavior is heading for a courtroom after a chapter at the state’s flagship university was suspended for an online post featuring two people giving Nazi salutes.

On Saturday, University of Florida (UF) blocked campus operations of the school’s College Republicans after the group’s state leadership said it had disbanded the chapter for engaging in “a pattern of conduct that violated its rules and values, including a recent antisemitic gesture”.

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