{"id":2234910,"date":"2024-05-01T19:03:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T23:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-is-not-showing-control-over-campus-protests-sarah-bedford\/"},"modified":"2024-05-01T19:04:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T23:04:02","slug":"biden-is-not-showing-control-over-campus-protests-sarah-bedford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-is-not-showing-control-over-campus-protests-sarah-bedford\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarah Bedford criticizes Biden for lack of control over campus protests"},"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%2Fbiden-is-not-showing-control-over-campus-protests-sarah-bedford%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=2234910&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 Bedford from The\u2062 Washington Examiner \u200dcriticized President Joe Biden for not addressing \u2062the disorder on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-china-threat-is-real-and-upon-us\/\" title=\"The China Threat is Real and Upon Us\">college campuses<\/a> amidst \u2064escalating protests supporting Palestinians, some turning violent like \u2064those at Columbia University. Bedford,\u200c the \u200cinvestigations editor, highlighted Biden&#8217;s\u2063 perceived indifference,\u2062 allowing Donald \u2064Trump to dominate the discourse. Biden&#8217;s approach seems focused on not upsetting a minority faction \u200cwithin his party.  <\/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> contended Wednesday that President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> has not attempted to calm the disorder happening across the United States, specifically on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/university\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>college<\/a> campuses.<\/p>\n<p>As massive protests in support of Palestinians have taken place, some, such as those at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/columbia-university\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Columbia University<\/a>, have turned violent. Bedford, the investigations editor for the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, argued that Biden\u2019s relative indifference regarding the ensuing unrest has allowed former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/durham-says-cia-determined-data-from-former-clinton-lawyer-was-user-created-not-technically-plausible\/\" title=\"Durham Says CIA Determined Data From Former Clinton Lawyer Was \u2018User-Created,\u2019 Not \u2018Technically Plausible\u2019\">presumptive presidential nominee<\/a> for the Republican Party, to have \u201ca monopoly\u201d on the topic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJoe Biden is not trying to demonstrate that he has control of the situation,\u201d Bedford said on Fox News\u2019s <em>Your World with Neil Cavuto<\/em>. \u201cRight now, it seems like his primary concern is not alienating the very small faction of the Democratic Party that just happens to be concentrated in some of these swing states that would be upset with him if he were perceived as cracking down on these protesters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bedford added that while Biden seems to be avoiding controversy from his supporters who support Palestinians, he is potentially pushing away voters who oppose the lawlessness and chaos happening in these protests. The latter voting bloc resides in states such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/georgia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Georgia<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pennsylvania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Pennsylvania<\/a> that could experience Biden \u201ccapitulating to a far-Left wing of the Democratic Party\u201d that does not represent them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are loud, and they get a lot of attention, but the majority of Americans do not sympathize with Hamas and are on the side of Israel, and so for those centrist voters who, in all of those other states, will decide the election, I think Joe Biden is really risking alienating them by trying to appease this small cloud faction,\u201d Bedford said.<\/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>Amid the protests happening across the United States, Trump has asked Biden to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/2986422\/trump-recycles-bidens-2020-attack-tactic-biden-has-to-do-something\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>speak out against the violence and antisemitism happening<\/a>. The move by the former president mirrors a statement Biden made in 2020 when he criticized Trump\u2019s handling of the Black Lives Matter protests and riots that occurred at the time.<\/p>\n<p>During a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/wisconsin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Wisconsin<\/a> campaign event, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2986925\/trump-champions-nypd-storming-columbia-university\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Trump praised members of the New York Police Department<\/a> who stormed Hamilton Hall at Columbia University to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-champions-nypd-storming-columbia-university-beautiful-thing-to-watch\/\" title=\"Trump praises NYPD for entering Columbia University: 'Incredible sight\">remove protesting college students<\/a>, stating they did \u201can incredible job.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sarah Bedford of The Washington Examiner claimed President Biden hasn&#8217;t addressed the chaos on U.S. college campuses, notably amid violent protests supporting Palestinians like those at Columbia University. Bedford, the Washington Examiner&#8217;s investigations editor, expressed concern on Wednesday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2234911,"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\/05\/AP24122185765543-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2234910","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\/05\/AP24122185765543-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234910","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=2234910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2234910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2234911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2234910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2234910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2234910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}