WASHINGTON – President Biden is privately “monitoring” a wave of pro-terrorism and anti-Israel demonstrations on college campuses across the country, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Wednesday after the president’s last He said that a full nine days have passed since he delivered his presidential inaugural address. Personal statement regarding the incident.
Asked at a regular briefing why Biden, 81, had not personally addressed the unrest since answering a reporter’s angry questions after the Earth Day event on April 22, Jean-Pierre said, is monitoring the situation closely and so is his team.” in Virginia.
Even as the NYPD stormed Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall on Tuesday night to remove dozens of activists who had barricaded themselves in the building, and a scuffle broke out between pro-Israel and anti-Israel activists at UCLA’s tent encampment. Biden has kept a low profile.
The president’s most recent public comments on the crisis were to condemn both anti-Semitism at campus protests and those unsympathetic to Palestinians. The comments have been widely likened to then-President Donald Trump’s decision in August 2017 to praise and denigrate “both sides” in the deadly conflict. Confederate statue removal in Charlottesville, Virginia.
“I condemn the anti-Semitic protests, which is why I launched a program to combat it. I also condemn those who do not understand what is happening with the Palestinians.” Biden said at the time.
Jean-Pierre was furious Wednesday after an NBC reporter compared Biden’s comments to Trump’s landmark moment.
“No, he’s not playing ‘both sides’ here,” Jean-Pierre chided the journalist. “It was just vile and disgusting rhetoric…There was no ‘both sides’ here, there was none at all.”
The White House’s top press secretary added that the NBC correspondent “made those statements with malice.”
Protest camps are being set up at many universities across the United States ahead of final exams. George Washington University, just a few blocks from the White House, is hosting its own camp with a large banner that reads, “Just Say No to Genocide Joe.”
Mr. Biden has been heckled by the nickname many times, and during the March on Washington, D.C., in November, participants daubed the legend in red paint on the front gate of the White House.
The president faces a close re-election race against the 77-year-old Trump, and Democrats broadly believe that the president’s generally pro-Israel stance is appealing to younger voters, Muslims, especially in key battleground states like Michigan. They are concerned that it will alienate American-Americans and Arab-Americans.
The unrest on college campuses is seen as a prelude to clashes at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in August, which threatens to disrupt Biden’s nomination for a second term and Trump’s return to the presidency. This could cast a shadow on both of his claims.
White House claims Biden ‘monitoring’ college anarchy — as president goes nine days without an on-camera comment
WASHINGTON – President Biden is privately “monitoring” a wave of pro-terrorism and anti-Israel demonstrations on college campuses across the country, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Wednesday after the president’s last He said that a full nine days have passed since he delivered his presidential inaugural address. Personal statement regarding the incident.
Asked at a regular briefing why Biden, 81, had not personally addressed the unrest since answering a reporter’s angry questions after the Earth Day event on April 22, Jean-Pierre said, is monitoring the situation closely and so is his team.” in Virginia.
Even as the NYPD stormed Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall on Tuesday night to remove dozens of activists who had barricaded themselves in the building, and a scuffle broke out between pro-Israel and anti-Israel activists at UCLA’s tent encampment. Biden has kept a low profile.
The president’s most recent public comments on the crisis were to condemn both anti-Semitism at campus protests and those unsympathetic to Palestinians. The comments have been widely likened to then-President Donald Trump’s decision in August 2017 to praise and denigrate “both sides” in the deadly conflict. Confederate statue removal in Charlottesville, Virginia.
“I condemn the anti-Semitic protests, which is why I launched a program to combat it. I also condemn those who do not understand what is happening with the Palestinians.” Biden said at the time.
Jean-Pierre was furious Wednesday after an NBC reporter compared Biden’s comments to Trump’s landmark moment.
“No, he’s not playing ‘both sides’ here,” Jean-Pierre chided the journalist. “It was just vile and disgusting rhetoric…There was no ‘both sides’ here, there was none at all.”
The White House’s top press secretary added that the NBC correspondent “made those statements with malice.”
Protest camps are being set up at many universities across the United States ahead of final exams. George Washington University, just a few blocks from the White House, is hosting its own camp with a large banner that reads, “Just Say No to Genocide Joe.”
Mr. Biden has been heckled by the nickname many times, and during the March on Washington, D.C., in November, participants daubed the legend in red paint on the front gate of the White House.
The president faces a close re-election race against the 77-year-old Trump, and Democrats broadly believe that the president’s generally pro-Israel stance is appealing to younger voters, Muslims, especially in key battleground states like Michigan. They are concerned that it will alienate American-Americans and Arab-Americans.
The unrest on college campuses is seen as a prelude to clashes at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in August, which threatens to disrupt Biden’s nomination for a second term and Trump’s return to the presidency. This could cast a shadow on both of his claims.
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