Biden has been playing a very dangerous game by ratcheting up tension and doubling down on oppression of speech. This could end badly for him. His words don't adhere to the truth on the ground.
https://acleddata.com/2024/05/02/pr...-protests-nearly-triple-in-april-acled-brief/
As others have noted it's easy to read a racist and antisemitic streak running through Biden's rhetoric that is already backfiring on him and his election chances. Using terms like 'chaos', 'violent' to describe what by objective accounts have been peaceful protest and by smearing Jewish protestors as antisemitic and betraying their heritage.
https://acleddata.com/2024/05/02/pr...-protests-nearly-triple-in-april-acled-brief/
Student protests on university campuses around the US are the latest sign of public discontent with the Israel-Gaza conflict. While some notable violent clashes have recently taken place, such as on the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus, where demonstrators and counter-demonstrators fought at a student encampment overnight on 30 April, the overwhelming majority — 99% — have remained peaceful.
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As others have noted it's easy to read a racist and antisemitic streak running through Biden's rhetoric that is already backfiring on him and his election chances. Using terms like 'chaos', 'violent' to describe what by objective accounts have been peaceful protest and by smearing Jewish protestors as antisemitic and betraying their heritage.