The president has had some whoppers while in office. But this one takes the cake.
And Biden shoved his foot in his mouth with this boneheaded statement.
Biden and the Democrats have a problem on their hands.
Usually, the Left is united in their political agenda, and it’s the Republicans who are scrambling to push a unified message.
But the war between Hamas and Israel has thrown the entire party for a loop.
And now Biden has really stepped in it.
President Joe Biden was chastised on Monday for his ineffective response to the weekend’s anti-Semitic riots at Columbia University.
The far-Left demonstrators chanted “Stop killing children” and “Go back to Poland” as Jewish students attempted to return from campus to their dorm rooms. They chanted for Hamas to target Tel Aviv.
They attempted to create a human chain to keep Jewish pupils out. One anti-Semitic student chose to stand directly in front of six pro-Israel protesters, asking that they be killed with rockets.
Biden was asked about the incidents while hastily fielding reporters’ questions after an Earth Day ceremony in Virginia.
“Do you condemn the anti-Semitic protests on college campuses?” a reporter asked.
“I condemn the anti-Semitic protests. That’s why I’ve set up a program to deal with that,” Biden claimed, without specifying what program he has set up to deal with anti-Semitism.
Biden, who claims he ran for president in response to the 2017 anti-Semitic marches in Charlottesville, then said what many online interpreted as his own version of former President Donald Trump’s remark about “very fine people on both sides”.
“I also condemn those who don’t understand what’s going on with the Palestinians and their — how they’re being —” Biden continued.
The political Left has frequently erroneously claimed that Trump referred to the neo-Nazis and white supremacists at the gathering as “very fine people.”
In fact, Trump condemned the neo-Nazis and white supremacists, saying: “And you had people, and I’m not talking about the neo-Nazis and the white nationalists, because they should be condemned totally.”
A reporter then questioned Biden if the president of Columbia University should resign.
“I didn’t know that,” Biden responded. “I’ll — I’ll have to find out more about it.”
WATCH:
Reporter: "Do you condemn the anti-Semitic protests on college campuses?"
Biden: “I condemn the antisemitic protests. That’s why I have set up a program to deal with that. I also condemn those who don't understand what's going on with the Palestinians."
Reporter: "Should the… pic.twitter.com/bW5j9Nde0v
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) April 22, 2024
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