{"id":2232112,"date":"2024-04-28T16:25:09","date_gmt":"2024-04-28T20:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-summer-lee-expresses-doubt-young-people-are-enthusiastic-about-voting-for-biden\/"},"modified":"2024-04-28T16:27:34","modified_gmt":"2024-04-28T20:27:34","slug":"rep-summer-lee-expresses-doubt-young-people-are-enthusiastic-about-voting-for-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-summer-lee-expresses-doubt-young-people-are-enthusiastic-about-voting-for-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Summer Lee questions the enthusiasm of young voters for Biden"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Frep-summer-lee-expresses-doubt-young-people-are-enthusiastic-about-voting-for-biden%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=2232112&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>Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA) expressed concern about\u200d the lack of enthusiasm among young voters for President Joe\u2062 Biden\u2062 ahead of the 2024 general election. Lee highlighted\u2062 this sentiment during her appearance on CBS News&#8217;s Face the Nation, citing Biden&#8217;s policies towards Israel as a \u200bfactor. She recently participated in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-oberlin-college-lawyer-responsible-for-the-gibson-bakery-debacle-is-now-at-cornell\/\" title=\"The Oberlin College Lawyer Responsible For The Gibson Bakery Debacle Is Now At Cornell\">student protests<\/a> at the University of\u200d Pittsburgh, advocating for divestment from Israel in the aftermath of the Israel-Hamas conflict. Lee emphasized that young voters prioritize a ceasefire in Gaza as their primary concern heading into the election.  <\/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>\n<p>Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FaceTheNation\/status\/1784631398118158350\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>expressed concern<\/a> about young voter\u2019s enthusiasm for President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> going into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2024 general election<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>On CBS News\u2019s <em>Face the Nation<\/em>, Lee said she is not seeing as much enthusiasm from young voters about Biden as in 2020 due to Biden\u2019s policies toward Israel. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Lee<\/a> recently visited the University of Pittsburgh in her district to join student protests that are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/university-of-pittsburgh-encampment-protest-israel-hamas-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"calling for the university to divest\">calling for the university to divest<\/a> from Israel\u00a0in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be honest, you know, we don\u2019t,\u201d Lee said when asked if she sees enthusiasm from students about voting for Biden. \u201cIt\u2019s not a topic that always comes up, but it does a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, half of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-democrats-call-homeschoolers-lazy-while-voting-to-keep-them-from-public-services\/\" title=\"Virginia Democrats Call Homeschoolers Lazy While Voting To Keep Them From Public Services\">youth population<\/a> in the United States, composed of those aged 18-29, voted in the last election, which was an 11% increase from the 2016 election where 39% of the youth population voted.<\/p>\n<p>Lee claimed that young voters\u2019 \u201cNo. 1\u201d priority going into the general election is a ceasefire in Gaza. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that the No. 1 goal for them right now is just listening to what they have to say, is that they want to see a ceasefire in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Gaza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Gaza<\/a>. They want to see the indiscriminate bombings and killings end,\u201d Lee said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of noise around this that distracts from that. There\u2019s a lot of noise that tries to take away from that central message, but that is the central thing that they are fighting for, and they believe, and they feel like our government can do more, and that\u2019s what they\u2019re looking for,\u201d Lee said.<\/p>\n<p>She said young people want to see an acknowledgment from the federal government about the death toll growing in Gaza. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re looking for some sort of acknowledgment from our leadership that they hear our needs. That they hear these young people saying \u2018We want our country, we want our government to go in a different direction,\u201d Lee said.<\/p>\n<p>Lee represents Pennsylvania\u2019s 12th district, which encompasses <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Pittsburgh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Pittsburgh<\/a> and much of Allegheny County, a county that is expected to be hotly contested. Her constituency has a large Jewish-American population and is home to Squirrel Hill, which was the location of a 2018 antisemitic mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lee, a first-term Democrat, recently won a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/review-in-trumps-shadow-the-battle-for-2024-and-the-future-of-the-gop\/\" title=\"REVIEW: \u2018In Trump\u2019s Shadow: The Battle for 2024 and the Future of the GOP\u2019\">contested primary<\/a> by a significant margin. It was the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/summer-lee-campus-protests-joe-biden-face-the-nation-04-28-2024\/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab8f&#038;linkId=412832439\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>test<\/a> of how \u201cSquad\u201d Democrats would fair in the 2024 elections given their stances on the Israel-Hamas war.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we look at an election like mine, we\u2019ve seen how popular it is to take a pro-peace stance, how popular it is to call for a different direction in the policies that the United States has toward the war in Gaza, toward sending unconditional weapons, offensive weapons to Netanyahu,\u201d Lee said. \u201cOur government still has time to react, we still have time to listen to the folks who have feelings about that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA) raised doubts about young voters&#8217; support for President Joe Biden in the upcoming 2024 general election. Speaking on CBS News&#8217;s Face the Nation, Lee highlighted a lack of enthusiasm among young voters towards Biden, partly influenced by his stance on Israel. 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