Biden says 'order must prevail' during campus protests over Gaza
President Joe Biden on Thursday defended the right to protest but insisted that 바카라 게임 웹사이트order must prevail바카라 게임 웹사이트 as college campuses across the country face unrest over the war in Gaza.
바카라 게임 웹사이트Dissent is essential for democracy," he said at the White House. "But dissent must never lead to disorder.바카라 게임 웹사이트
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The president also said the protests have not caused him to reconsider his approach to the war. Biden has occasionally criticized Israel's conduct but continued to supply it with weapons.
Biden said the campus protests haven바카라 게임 웹사이트t prompted him to rethink his Middle East policies, and he opposes sending in National Guard.
Republicans have tried to turn scenes of unrest into a campaign cudgel against Democrats.
Tension at colleges and universities has been building for days as some demonstrators refuse to remove encampments and administrators turn to law enforcement to clear them by force, leading to clashes that have seized attention from politicians and the media.
But Biden's previous public comment came more than a week ago, when he condemned 바카라 게임 웹사이트antisemitic protests바카라 게임 웹사이트 and 바카라 게임 웹사이트those who don바카라 게임 웹사이트t understand what바카라 게임 웹사이트s going on with the Palestinians.바카라 게임 웹사이트
The White House, which has been peppered with questions by reporters, has gone only slightly further than the president. On Wednesday, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden is 바카라 게임 웹사이트monitoring the situation closely," and she said some demonstrations had stepped over a line that separated free speech from unlawful behavior.
바카라 게임 웹사이트Forcibly taking over a building," such as what happened at Columbia University in New York, "is not peaceful," she said. "It바카라 게임 웹사이트s just not.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Biden has never been much for protesting. His career in elected office began as a county official when he was only 28 years old, and he바카라 게임 웹사이트s always espoused the political importance of compromise over zealousness.
As college campuses convulsed with anger over the Vietnam War in 1968, Biden was in law school at Syracuse University.
바카라 게임 웹사이트I바카라 게임 웹사이트m not big on flak jackets and tie-dyed shirts,바카라 게임 웹사이트 he said years later. 바카라 게임 웹사이트You know, that바카라 게임 웹사이트s not me.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Despite the White House's criticism and Biden's refusal to heed protesters' demands to cut off U.S. support for Israel, Republicans blame Democrats for the disorder and have used it as a backdrop for press conferences.
바카라 게임 웹사이트We need the president of the United States to speak to the issue and say this is wrong," House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, said on Tuesday. "What바카라 게임 웹사이트s happening on college campuses right now is wrong.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Johnson visited Columbia with other members of his caucus last week. House Republicans sparred with protesters while speaking to the media at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.
Former President Donald Trump, his party's presumptive nominee, also criticized Biden in an interview with Sean Hannity on Fox 온라인 바카라 게임.
바카라 게임 웹사이트Biden has to do something,바카라 게임 웹사이트 he said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트Biden is supposed to be the voice of our country, and it바카라 게임 웹사이트s certainly not much of a voice. It바카라 게임 웹사이트s a voice that nobody바카라 게임 웹사이트s heard.바카라 게임 웹사이트
He repeated his criticisms on Wednesday during a campaign event in Waukesha, Wisconsin.
바카라 게임 웹사이트The radical extremists and far-left agitators are terrorizing college campuses, as you possibly noticed," Trump said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트And Biden바카라 게임 웹사이트s nowhere to be found. He hasn바카라 게임 웹사이트t said anything."
Kate Berner, who served as deputy communications director for Biden바카라 게임 웹사이트s campaign in 2020, said Republicans already tried the same tactic four years ago during protests over George Floyd바카라 게임 웹사이트s murder by a police officer.
바카라 게임 웹사이트People rejected that,바카라 게임 웹사이트 she said. 바카라 게임 웹사이트They saw that it was just fearmongering. They saw that it wasn바카라 게임 웹사이트t based in reality.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Apart from condemning antisemitism, the White House has been reluctant to directly engage on the issue.
Jean-Pierre repeatedly deflected questions during a briefing on Monday.
Asked whether protesters should be disciplined by their schools, she said 바카라 게임 웹사이트universities and colleges make their own decisions바카라 게임 웹사이트 and "we바카라 게임 웹사이트re not going to weigh in from here.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Pressed on whether police should be called in, she said 바카라 게임 웹사이트that's up to the colleges and universities.바카라 게임 웹사이트
When quizzed about administrators rescheduling graduation ceremonies, she said 바카라 게임 웹사이트that is a decision that they have to decide" and 바카라 게임 웹사이트that is on them.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Biden will make his own visit to a college campus on May 19 when he's scheduled to deliver the commencement address at Morehouse University in Atlanta.
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Associated Press writer Adriana Gomez Licon in Miami and White House Correspondent Zeke Miller contributed to this report.