After anti-Israel protests sparked violent incidents on college campuses across the United States, then-presidential candidate Joe Biden posted on social media in 2020 blaming then-President Trump for the violence in the United States. is attracting new criticism.
Biden: “Remember: Every example of violence that Donald Trump denounces happened on his watch.” Posted on Twitternow known as X, in August 2020 “under his leadership. During his presidential term.”
Social media users have been reflecting on that post in recent days following a rise in violence and arrests by anti-Israel activists. caused confusion on more than a dozen college campuses in recent weeks.
“Here we are in 2024, three full years after President Joe Biden took office, and Jewish students are being barred from college campuses and told to stay home and learn remotely,” conservative political commentator Stephen Miller said. recently stated. Posted in X.
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Protesters break windows at Columbia University. As anti-Israel protests cause chaos across the United States, President Biden’s past social media posts are resurfacing. (Getty Images)
“Has the soul of the nation been healed by this?”
“Joe Biden turned a blind eye while Democratic foot soldiers took over universities across the country,” Fox News contributor Lisa Booth told Fox News Digital. “He’s more worried about getting votes in Dearborn, Michigan than he is about criticizing the 20-year-olds who support the intifada.”
Ari Fleischer, a former White House press secretary and Fox News contributor, told Fox News Digital that Biden “would benefit from reading his old tweets and taking action.”
“There are anti-Semitic riots happening on campuses across the country, and all Joe Biden can do is sit there passively and hope the anti-Semitic riots stop,” Fleischer said. Told. “He has shown no leadership in a situation far worse than the two-day Unite the Right demonstration in Charlottesville.”
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New York City police officers make mass arrests of anti-Israel agitators demonstrating outside New York University’s Stern School of Business in Manhattan, New York, Monday, April 22, 2024. Demonstrators pitched tents in front of the school and called for anti-Israel activities. A permanent ceasefire between Israel and Gaza. (Julia Bonavita/Fox News Digital)
David Abela, the GOPAC chairman and veteran Republican strategist, told Fox News Digital that polls show Americans are feeling less safe after three years of the Biden administration. .
“According to a Gallup report, more than 75% of Americans believe there is more crime in this country than there will be in 2022,” Abela said.
“Whether or not Biden’s statements condemning the violence are hollow will have less impact on his reelection than the fact that Americans don’t feel safe. Forty percent of Americans live within one mile of their home. “They said they were afraid of walking alone at night,” Abella continued. “The last time it was at this level was in 1993. In the next election, President Clinton’s approval rating was 46%, and Republicans won 54 seats in the House and 8 seats in the Senate. President Biden’s approval rating was 39%. “And Americans see violence happen every day. ”
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President Biden speaks at the Abbotts Creek Community Center during an economic policy event in Raleigh, North Carolina, January 18, 2024. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
Conservatives on social media recently resurfaced Other posts by Biden from summer 2020 include one in which he said, “Does anyone believe there will be less violence in America if Donald Trump is re-elected?”
Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment but did not receive a response.
”“President Biden respects the right to free expression, but protests must be peaceful and lawful,” White House Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates said in a statement Tuesday. “The forced occupation of the country is not peaceful and is wrong.” And hate speech and hate symbols have no place in America. ”
