{"id":2227340,"date":"2024-04-22T15:32:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T19:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-examiners-sarah-bedford-argues-anti-israel-mentality-in-us-could-be-vulnerability-for-biden-in-2024\/"},"modified":"2024-04-22T15:33:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T19:33:20","slug":"washington-examiners-sarah-bedford-argues-anti-israel-mentality-in-us-could-be-vulnerability-for-biden-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-examiners-sarah-bedford-argues-anti-israel-mentality-in-us-could-be-vulnerability-for-biden-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Bedford from the Washington Examiner warns that the anti-Israel sentiment in the US might pose a threat to Biden in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">44<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwashington-examiners-sarah-bedford-argues-anti-israel-mentality-in-us-could-be-vulnerability-for-biden-in-2024%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2227340&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Sarah \u2064Bedford, the Investigations Editor \u2064for the Washington Examiner, highlighted \u2064concerns about President Biden&#8217;s reelection \u2062chances being impacted by \u2064rising pro-Palestinian \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">support<\/a> on \u200dUS college campuses. This trend, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newark-new-jersey-installs-700-pound-bronze-statue-of-george-floyd\/\" title=\"Newark, New Jersey Installs 700-Pound Bronze Statue Of George Floyd\">including protests<\/a> against Israel, involves criticism \u2062from \u2063Democratic lawmakers like Rep. Rashida\u2063 Tlaib and Sen. Chuck Schumer. Bedford \u200bsuggests that Biden&#8217;s alignment \u200cwith anti-Israel sentiments within the\u200b Democratic Party \u2063could make him vulnerable \u200din the upcoming elections.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner\u2019s<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/sarah-bedford\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Sarah Bedford<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/under-trump-americans-have-seen-their-best-wage-growth-in-40-years\/\" title=\"Under Trump, Americans Have Seen Their Best Wage Growth In 40 Years\">argued<\/a> Wednesday that President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden\u2019s<\/a> reelection chances could be affected based on how he navigates the rise in pro-Palestinian support on college campuses within the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. has seen a growing number of protests made against Israel, with even some Democratic lawmakers such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2950287\/tlaib-accuses-israel-deliberately-killing-seven-aid-workers-gaza-dont-look-away\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Rep. Rashida Tlaib<\/a> (D-MI) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/2920348\/schumer-new-elections-israel-netanyahu-lost-his-way\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Sen. Chuck Schumer<\/a> (D-NY) criticizing Israel and the country\u2019s leadership. Bedford, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/deutsche-bank-whistleblower-found-dead-in-los-angeles\/\" title=\"Deutsche Bank Whistleblower Found Dead in Los Angeles\">investigations editor<\/a> for the<em> Washington Examiner,<\/em> argued that this mentality across the U.S. could be a vulnerability to the president\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>reelection chances this fall<\/a>, though she acknowledged that Biden has tried to distance himself from anti-Israel ideologies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the more that Joe Biden is seen as capitulating to the demands of that faction of the Democratic Party, whether that\u2019s by criticizing Israel in his foreign policy, siding with the radical Democrats in Congress who embrace this sort of anti-Israel, borderline antisemitic rhetoric, I think the more vulnerable Joe Biden is on this issue because it reinforces that perception that Joe Biden, who ran as a centrist who would bring the country together, is embracing a faction of the Democratic Party that most Americans view as radical and out of touch,\u201d Bedford said on Fox Business\u2019s <em>Cavuto: Coast to Coast<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The rising number of protests in the U.S. saw a spike after the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hamas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hamas<\/a> terrorist group. Last week, hundreds of pro-Palestinian students <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/2969686\/pro-palestinian-protests-columbia-university-president-testifies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>occupied Columbia University\u2019s main lawn<\/a> to demand the school divest from Israel. Meanwhile, the school\u2019s president, Nemat Shafik, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/2969523\/columbia-president-professors-under-investigation-antisemitism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>testifying on Capitol Hill<\/a> on the day of the protests.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) has called on Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/2974026\/hawley-demands-biden-send-national-guard-protect-jewish-students-colleges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>to send the National Guard to college campuses<\/a> to provide protection to Jewish students.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, the eve of Passover, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>White House<\/a> issued a statement reiterating his support for the Jewish people, noting how this is the first Passover since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy commitment to the safety of the Jewish people, the security of Israel, and its right to exist as an independent Jewish state is ironclad,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2024\/04\/21\/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-passover\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-womens-soccer-team-kneels-for-anthem-wears-black-lives-matter\/\" title=\"US Women's Soccer Team Kneels for Anthem, Wears 'Black Lives Matter'\">statement read<\/a><\/a>. \u201cMy Administration is working around the clock to free the hostages, and we will not rest until we bring them home. We are also working to establish an immediate and prolonged ceasefire in Gaza as a part of a deal that releases the hostages and delivers desperately needed humanitarian aid to Palestinian civilians.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sarah Bedford of the Washington Examiner suggested Wednesday that President Biden&#8217;s 2024 prospects may hinge on handling increasing pro-Palestinian activism on US college campuses. Mounting protests against Israel, even among Democrats like Rep. Rashida Tlaib, indicate potential challenges for Biden<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2227341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24111616115149-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2227340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24111616115149-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2227340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2227341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2227340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2227340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2227340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}