President Biden has retreated to Nantucket Island, where he usually escapes the demands of running the state, but pro-Palestinian protesters have managed to track him down and remind him of the challenges that await him.
Protesters spotted Biden twice on Friday. The first time was when I was going to have lunch with my family, and the other time was when I was attending a tree lighting ceremony. Each time, they shouted now-familiar slogans such as “Liberate Palestine” and “Biden, Biden, you can’t hide. We charge you with genocide!”
Even if the president heard them, he didn’t let them know. Biden focused on greeting members of the children’s choir who performed at the tree lighting ceremony. Local officials stressed that this was not a political event and tried to dissuade protesters from disrupting the ceremony.
Biden’s staunch support for Israel came at a cost as his party proved divided over the war in the Gaza Strip. His poll numbers have been sluggish as young voters and members of his party support the Palestinian people who have died in the Israeli invasion of Gaza, which left thousands of people dead.
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“The gap is gone,” Kornacki said. “Both are 36% positive, and Biden is actually 1 point more negative than Trump. This was a huge advantage for Biden. Our polling shows that, at least for now, that advantage may be eroding. be”
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Biden had to delay the start of his annual post-Thanksgiving family retreat to attend multiple briefings with national security officials on Friday morning, but he had to delay the start of his annual post-Thanksgiving family retreat to attend multiple briefings with national security officials. National security officials were giving an update on the release of the first group of hostages as per the agreement. A four-day ceasefire.
Afterwards, he managed to catch up with his family for his usual lunch, shop locally, and mingle with the Nantucket crowd before the tree lighting. The family dined at the Brotherhood of Thieves Bar & Grill, which advertises itself as an “1840s whaling bar.”
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The president emerged from a Nantucket bookstore with a copy of “The Awakening of Democracy,” a book by historian Heather Cox Richardson, who interviewed Biden at the White House last year. He said, “You can’t visit Nantucket without going to the bookstore…We have a tradition.”
For their last stop before the tree lighting, the Bidens stopped by a jeweler’s gallery. There, the crowd celebrated the Bidens’ birthdays and took photos with the first family.
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The Biden family arrived on Nantucket on Tuesday night and took up residence in the home of billionaire David Rubenstein. The Secret Service prepared the island five days before Air Force One landed and quickly added Massachusetts State Police troopers to increase security.
A view of David Rubenstein’s home in Nantucket, Massachusetts, on November 24, 2021. President Biden will spend his Thanksgiving holiday this week at his home with his family. (Gediminas Svitjus, FOX News Digital)
Mr. Rubenstein, a friend of the Biden family whose net worth is estimated to be more than $3.5 billion, provided the Biden family’s assets to the family. thanksgiving celebration That will be the case, at least from 2021 onwards, Forbes reported. He purchased the property with his ex-wife Alice in 1998 for his $8 million and expanded the grounds by adding his five guest buildings.
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of luxury coastal real estate The Abrams Point building includes several guesthouses, tennis courts, a hot tub and a pool, with an estimated total value of more than $34 million, according to the Nantucket Assessor’s Office.
FOX Business’ Chris Pandolfo and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
