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White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre dodged respective questions during a property briefing connected Monday, regarding the responses of galore universities successful the U.S. arsenic anti-Israel protests, which sometimes crook violent, proceed to flare up.
Colleges from seashore to coast, including galore Ivy League schools similar Columbia, Yale, Harvard and Penn, person seen dayslong protests connected campuses, with students demanding their schools wholly divest from Israel arsenic the decease toll successful Gaza continues to increase.
One newsman connected Monday asked Jean-Pierre whether President Biden oregon anyone other successful the White House had spoken with enactment astatine Columbia University, and if the president was blessed with however schoolhouse administrators are handling the situation.
"The president has ever been wide that portion Americans person the close to peacefully protest…he stands squarely, squarely against immoderate rhetoric, convulsive rhetoric, immoderate hate, hatred threats and carnal intimidation and hatred speech," she said, adding determination is nary spot for antisemitism connected assemblage campuses oregon anyplace else. "It is simply a achy moment, we get that. But it is simply a achy infinitesimal that Americans are dealing with, and escaped look has to beryllium done wrong the law. And, you know, we're going to proceed to beryllium precise wide astir that."
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre successful the Brady Press Briefing Room astatine the White House connected on January 03, 2024 successful Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
The property caput did not reply the question astir whether Biden was satisfied with however universities are handling the situation. And that was not the lone question she dodged.
Jean-Pierre was asked if the White House thought it was just that protesters astatine Columbia oregon different schools were being threatened with probation oregon different disciplinary actions, and whether students should permission a protestation earlier a deadline being fixed by assemblage unit astatine Columbia.
To some questions, Jean-Pierre said she would not comment.
University of Texas constabulary officers apprehension a antheral astatine a pro-Palestinian protestation astatine UT connected Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (Jay Janner/American-Statesman)
"These are institutions. Some of them are private, immoderate of them are public, and it is up to their leadership, assemblage enactment and colleges, to marque that decision," she responded to the archetypal question.
She astir echoed her effect to the 2nd question.
"I’m conscionable not going to remark connected enactment astatine colleges and universities….that’s for them to decide," Jean-Pierre said. "We’ve been precise clear."
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An anti-Israel protester successful Cambridge connected Monday shouted slurs astatine the pro-Israel counter-protesters, calling them "pigs" and "Nazis." (Kassy Dillon/Fox News Digital)
Other topics that were dodged included whether the White House was acrophobic astir information astatine graduations; the effect of the Biden medication to the usage of constabulary unit successful immoderate of the assemblage protests; the Biden administration’s absorption to the repercussions of the protests and however they person impacted students connected campuses successful presumption of the University of Southern California canceling graduation and George Washington University moving exams; and if the White House supported having antisemitism monitors connected campus.
In astir each response, Jean-Pierre stuck to the connection that Biden is successful favour of peaceful protests and condemns antisemitism and immoderate signifier of hate.
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President Biden said helium expects Iran to onslaught Israel and tensions proceed to flare betwixt to the 2 nations. (Photographer: Jacquelyn Martin/AP/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
On Sunday, the White House remained soundless connected if the medication plans to barroom pupil protesters from eligibility for pupil indebtedness forgiveness programs. One happening Biden campaigned connected successful 2020 was forgiving pupil indebtedness debt, pledging to cancel astatine slightest $10,000 per borrower backmost successful 2020.
While Biden denounced the protests, helium came nether disapproval past week for besides condemning those "who don’t recognize what’s going connected with the Palestinians."
"I condemn the antisemitic protests. That’s wherefore I person acceptable up a programme to woody with that. I besides condemn those who don't recognize what's going connected with the Palestinians," Biden told reporters this month.
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Critics person compared it to Trump’s remarks successful 2017, pursuing a two-day riot successful Charlottesville, Virginia, erstwhile White nationalists descended connected the city. Trump said astatine the clip that the unit had "no spot successful America," portion adding determination was "blame connected some sides" and "very good people, connected some sides."
Emma Colton of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
Greg Wehner is simply a breaking quality newsman for Fox News Digital.
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