{"id":2235192,"date":"2024-05-02T05:18:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T09:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-struggle-to-find-footing-on-anti-israel-campus-protests\/"},"modified":"2024-05-02T05:22:10","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T09:22:10","slug":"democrats-struggle-to-find-footing-on-anti-israel-campus-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-struggle-to-find-footing-on-anti-israel-campus-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats face challenges navigating anti-Israel demonstrations on college campuses"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fdemocrats-struggle-to-find-footing-on-anti-israel-campus-protests%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=2235192&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>Congressional Democrats struggle\u200b to unify on\u200d anti-Israel campus \u2064protests with some turning\u2064 violent, causing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fncs-carlson-its-time-for-the-democrats-to-accept-their-victory-forgive-the-team-they-beat-and-to-move-on-you-won-be-happy\/\" title=\"FNC's Carlson: It's Time for the Democrats to 'Accept Their Victory,' 'Forgive the Team They Beat and to Move On' -- 'You Won, Be Happy'\">mass arrests<\/a>. Leaders\u2064 condemn \u200cactions, but discord among lawmakers persists,\u2064 impacting party unity before the 2024 elections. The chaos poses challenges for battleground Democrats as they balance free speech advocacy with the rejection of violence and antisemitism. \u2064Concerns escalate\u200c as protests escalate, \u2063leading to\u2064 calls for control measures and debates over legislative support.  <\/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>Congressional Democrats are struggling to coalesce around a unified message as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/antisemitism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"antisemitic \">antisemitic <\/a>and at times violent anti-Israel protests play out on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/campus-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"antisemitic \">college campuses<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>The demonstrations, which have led to mass arrests as students break campus rules and the law, have been condemned by Democratic leaders, but some lawmakers have been more forceful than others as the issue threatens to weigh the party down ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"2024 elections\">2024 elections<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI), tasked with getting Senate Democrats elected as chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, emphasized the First Amendment in defending the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fighting-abortion-now-requires-fighting-americans-increasing-hatred-of-children\/\" title=\"Fighting Abortion Now Requires Fighting Americans\u2019 Increasing Hatred Of Children\">campus protests<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople have a right to protest and get out and speak their mind. And that\u2019s what we\u2019re seeing happen,\u201d Peters told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cYou have protests on both sides of the issue. People are very passionate about the issue, and it just shows the American political process working itself out.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>But the chaos surrounding the demonstrations, including instances of vandalism and harassment, has caused a political headache for battleground Democrats, who don\u2019t want to be seen as condoning violence even as they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-oversight-board-member-warns-against-censoring-misinformation\/\" title=\"Facebook Oversight Board Member Warns Against Censoring Misinformation\">defend free speech<\/a>. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), running for a fourth term in Ohio, sought to walk back <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/05\/01\/college-protests-democrats-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"previous comments\">previous comments<\/a> from earlier this week that \u201cpeople always have the right to speak out and should.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAntisemitism and hate and violence are unacceptable on campuses,\u201d Brown told home-state reporters Wednesday. \u201cIf students want to make their voices heard, they need to do it in a way that\u2019s nonviolent. They need to do it in a way that doesn\u2019t spew hatred. And the laws need to be enforced.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Bernie Moreno, Brown\u2019s Republican opponent, said the Democratic incumbent \u201chas made it clear that he stands with the illegal encampments and anti-Israel demonstrators wreaking havoc on college campuses in support of Hamas.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>National Republican Senatorial Committee spokesman Philip Letsou responded, \u201cNo one is buying his election-year flip-flops.\u201d\u00a0The NRSC has a series of new ads targeting at-risk Senate Democrats, including Brown, over the Biden administration\u2019s efforts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-schumer-pressures-biden-to-cancel-1-7t-student-debt\/\" title=\"Sen. Schumer pressures Biden to cancel .7T student debt\">cancel student loans<\/a>, which Republicans say is now propping up \u201cantisemitic mobs taking over universities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of students at Ohio State University were arrested last week during protests.  <\/p>\n<p>The demonstrations have created an uncomfortable divide for the party. Some Democrats have signaled openness to pulling funding from schools that can\u2019t get the protests under control, as Republicans have demanded, but Democratic leadership has so far held off on saying whether it would support such a legislative step.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), the highest-ranking elected Jewish leader in the United States,\u00a0sidestepped questions Wednesday about whether the public should hear directly from President Joe Biden amid the heightened tensions.  <\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), center, standing with Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI), left, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), right, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 18, 2021. (AP Photo\/Susan Walsh)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hundreds of New York Police Department officers, donned in riot gear, on Tuesday night removed pro-Palestinian student protesters who had barricaded themselves inside a Columbia University building.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no place for violence or antisemitism,\u201d Schumer said at a Wednesday press conference before referencing lengthier remarks he delivered on the subject earlier this week.  <\/p>\n<p>Also on Wednesday, the House passed with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-seeks-32-5-billion-in-ukraine-and-covid-aid\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Seeks .5 Billion in Ukraine and COVID Aid\">large bipartisan support<\/a> the Antisemitism Awareness Act to bolster Department of Education discrimination rules. However, Schumer would not commit to bringing it to a floor vote in the Senate, saying that senators \u201chaven\u2019t seen what the House is sending us yet.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Wednesday that Biden is being kept up to date on protests and is \u201cmonitoring the situation closely.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo president has spoken more forcefully about combating antisemitism than this president,\u201d she said. \u201c[Americans] have a right to peacefully protest as long as they\u2019re within the law, and that it\u2019s peaceful. Forcibly taking over a building is not peaceful.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Some congressional Democrats have been unequivocal in their condemnations, including Sens. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), who are both up for reelection. Rosen suggested Biden should play a more direct role.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cA teenage college student, 18 or 19 years old, has nothing to do with the decisions that another country\u2019s government makes,\u201d Rosen said. \u201cThis is antisemitism. We have to call it out, and it has to be stopped.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT), who is also facing reelection in Montana, said he\u2019s open to the idea of stripping colleges and universities of public funding if they fail to quell religious discrimination that runs afoul of Title VI.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the school\u2019s turning a blind eye to it, yeah, let\u2019s take a look at it,\u201d he said.  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Congressional Democrats are grappling with a lack of consensus amidst anti-Israel protests on college campuses. Tensions rise as some demonstrations turn violent, resulting in mass arrests for violating campus regulations and laws. 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