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HOWARD KURTZ: Biden takes role as bystander on border, campus protests

The election may be moving away from Joe Biden.

And that’s the view among some people who want the president to win a second term.

Biden’s reluctance and reluctance to communicate has fueled the view that he is a weak leader, which is now tied to a larger theme that will be difficult to reverse by November.

For years, Biden’s refusal to take dramatic action, unilateral or otherwise, against the record-breaking number of illegal immigrants in what has become an open border. This is the biggest responsibility. It’s also the biggest issue for Donald Trump.

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President Biden speaks at an event near the Edmund Pettus Bridge on Sunday, March 5, 2023, in Selma, Alabama. (Cheney Orr/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Then, as violent protests and anti-Semitic hatred spread like wildfire on college campuses, the president remained stubbornly silent for two weeks. This is the biggest and most worrying news in America, and with university buildings being occupied and police making mass arrests of pro-Hamas protesters, Biden says he doesn’t have to deal with it. Felt.

The core concern here is that America feels out of control. The sense that no one is in charge makes illegal activity more prevalent.

Despite the chaos in the White House, Biden did not say anything about the campus protests, as his deputy press secretary made the announcement in his own name. His two-sentence answer to the loud question was barely audible over the surrounding noise.

An adviser to Barack Obama once told The New Yorker that, fair or not, President Obama’s approach to Libya amounts to “leading from behind.” This appears to represent Biden’s approach to violence and arrests at universities such as Columbia University, New York University, Yale University, DaSuS, University of Southern California, University of California, Los Angeles, and many others. His words were nice and well thought out, but they felt like they came too late.

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It would be crazy to predict elections that are six months away now. President Trump’s law-and-order standing has been undermined by having to sit through the hush money trial, the first of four criminal cases. Additionally, the election will likely be decided by perhaps 50,000 voters in five battleground states.

Andrew Sullivan wants Biden to be re-elected, but he doesn’t think that will happen.

“Biden had an opportunity to move to the center on illegal immigration, a core issue of his weakness, and has decided to move to the far left along with his entire party,” he wrote. on his substack. Moreover, it was too late for Biden to have “serious confidence” on the issue.

The president’s brief and belated speech about violent protests on campus was “made only at the urging of President Trump and when he had no other choice,” he said. “It reminded me of the sad attempt to distance myself and my party from that.” It was a hellish summer in 2020. He was reactive, not proactive. His quiet words were overwhelmed by the noise of the city. ”

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L – Protesters breaking windows at Columbia University R – President Biden. (Getty Images)

All of this, Sullivan says, “will help Trump win the Electoral College by a landslide, just as the New Left cleverly elected Nixon in 1968 and 1972…”

“Biden stands to lose this election. And if he can’t come out with an almighty pivot — and I really don’t think he can at this point — this election is really only for Trump to lose. do not have.”

The other Andrew – former prosecutor National Review Writer Andy McCarthy – Opposes a second term for Trump. He believes the former president should have been impeached and convicted after January 6th.

“I don’t want Trump to be president,” the Fox News contributor said. “It is a historic, if inevitable, occasion that the Republican Party did not nominate a reliable conservative who could have brought about the 2016 to 2016 Restoration. However, the second Biden administration ( (probably a Harris administration) would be a disaster.”

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Well, he’s confused, but it’s a choice. Mr. McCarthy is now betting on his previous prediction that Mr. Trump cannot win the general election.

His initial reasoning was that major polls continued to show President Trump’s ceiling at around 46% to 47%. Moreover, the favorability rating is minus 10. It’s unclear how much a potential felony conviction would reduce Trump’s numbers, but McCarthy said prosecutor Alvin Bragg’s “travesty” case would be “negligible.”

“Democrats have yet to unleash the torrent of negative messages that are coming. It will help him engage at least nearly one in five Republicans who are absolutely against him, a segment of the electorate he needs.” He’ll have a chance to win… All things considered, I still think Trump will run in 2024. ”

I disagree – or at least think Trump is very competitive despite running against an incumbent who happens to be 81 years old and has a considerable legislative track record.

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Former President Donald Trump attends his trial on charges of concealing hush money payments at Manhattan Criminal Court in New York City on May 3, along with attorneys Emil Bove (left) and Todd Blanche (Republican). did. (Curtis Means Pool/Getty Images)

Moreover, inflation remains the main issue for voters. Unfortunately for Biden, prices are creeping up again, even with a record unemployment rate below 4%.

Besides the fact that it was exactly 56 years since Columbia protesters first took control of Hamilton Hall, there is another possible parallel to 1968.

washington post “Pro-Palestinian activists have stepped up plans for a major show of force at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, with demonstrations threatening to disrupt or overshadow efforts to unite for November’s elections,” the report said. This is increasing the anxiety of the Democratic Party, who are worried that the

While “unruly” protests erupt in late August, “President Biden represents competent and stable leadership, especially when they involve inflammatory rhetoric, property damage, and police intervention.” , could hit at the heart of the Democratic Party’s message that President Trump is “an agent of the insurrection.” Confusion and confusion. ”

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Oh, and let me remind you again why Democrats hold their convention in Chicago with terrible repercussions even though Illinois is a blue state. Would it have been easier to understand Detroit or Philadelphia?

The newspaper minimizes the comparison by quoting William Daley, whose father, Cllr Richard Daley, sent officers to put him in a chokehold. The convention was held not long after the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Bobby Kennedy, and the National Guard was sent in to quell the riots.

“It’s ridiculous to compare what’s happening in this country today to 1968,” Daly said. “The only people who have such stupid perceptions are those who weren’t alive in ’68.”

But more, less violent protests could completely detract from Biden’s re-election bid, cementing the perception that the president, like the porous border and campus demonstrations, is failing to keep the country safe. .

When Biden ran for office four years ago, the president made comments about everything from basketball protests to award shows, based on the idea that he didn’t need to be in front of the nation all the time.

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But somehow, he gradually avoided interviews (with the exception of people like Howard Stern), gave curt answers to yelled questions, and remained silent as outrageous events swirled around him. No more action is taken. Regardless of whether the staff is protecting him or not, his movements are slow and his instincts seem dulled by digital age standards.

As a result, the president often appears to be a bystander to important events.

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