The “Forsake Biden” campaign is calling on protesters to turn out to President Biden’s star-studded fundraiser at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall on Thursday.
The group is formed to protest Biden has been “reluctant to call for a ceasefire in Gaza,” calling the protests, which will consist of rallies and marches, an “important call to action” set “in the backdrop” of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. told his supporters. .
New York state’s Democratic primary will be held on April 2, and the group also urged voters to “leave it blank” while voting.
“Leaving your ballot blank means predicting his defeat in the November 5 presidential election and protesting against him,” the group said in a statement.
Biden is holding a fundraising event at Radio City with former Presidents Obama and Clinton. The New York City Police Department plans to close several streets and restrict pedestrian traffic near the event. NBC New York reported.
Current and former presidents will participate in a panel discussion moderated by Stephen Colbert, and Mindy Kaling will host a series of musical performances by artists including Queen Latifah, Lizzo, Ben Platt, Cynthia Erivo, and Lea Michele. I plan to. Associated Press reported.
“While Presidents Biden, Obama and Clinton are whining and trying to dine with donors in New York City, New Yorkers of all stripes are voicing their complete rejection of Genocide Joe,” New York Co-Chairman Mosaab Sadia said, “Abandon Biden.” In a statement. “We cannot stand idly by as our president aids and abets genocide in Gaza. The movement to abandon Biden is only just beginning.”
Some progressives are urging primary voters to vote for “noncommittal” instead of Biden to signal to the president their dissatisfaction with Biden’s actions on Israel’s war with Hamas.
More than 45,000 Minnesota Democratic primary voters chose “noncommit” in this year’s primary ballot. More than 100,000 people in Michigan did the same.
Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met last week for the first time since Biden said he was “hurting Israel more than helping it.”
Mr. Biden has maintained that the United States is a close ally of Israel and is supporting it in its war against Hamas, but he has also urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to scale back Israeli attacks on civilians in the Gaza Strip. Efforts to deliver humanitarian relief supplies have been stepped up.
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