{"id":2235548,"date":"2024-05-02T12:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T16:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-denounces-violent-campus-protests-but-rejects-national-guard-or-pivot-on-israel\/"},"modified":"2024-05-02T12:42:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T16:42:27","slug":"biden-denounces-violent-campus-protests-but-rejects-national-guard-or-pivot-on-israel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-denounces-violent-campus-protests-but-rejects-national-guard-or-pivot-on-israel\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden condemns campus violence, opposes National Guard or shift on Israel"},"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-denounces-violent-campus-protests-but-rejects-national-guard-or-pivot-on-israel%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=2235548&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>President\u200b Joe Biden, in a speech at \u200bthe White House, condemned campus violence\u2062 but refused to \u2062change his Middle East \u2064policy or deploy the National Guard to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ken-cuccinelli-fence-being-built-around-u-s-capitol\/\" title=\"Ken Cuccinelli: Fence being built around U.S. Capitol\">restore order<\/a>. Emphasizing the importance of peaceful protests, he highlighted the need for maintaining order in \u2062a \u2062civil society. Recent unrest 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> across the US, particularly \u200brelated to\u200c pro-Palestinian demonstrations, has\u200c drawn attention to\u2064 the issue. Biden&#8217;s\u200c response included a\u2062 clear distinction between violent and peaceful protests.  <\/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>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> denounced campus violence in a speech from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Joe Biden\">White House<\/a> but rejected calls to change his Middle East policy or bring in the National Guard to restore order.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeaceful protest is in the best tradition of how Americans respond to consequential issues,\u201d he said from the Roosevelt Room. \u201cBut neither are we a lawless country. We are a civil society, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/protests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"order must prevail\">order must prevail<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>College campuses <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/2986886\/how-19-universities-responded-campus-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"across the United States\">across the United States<\/a> have seen massive upheaval in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/violent-crime-on-the-rise-in-san-diego-calif\/\" title=\"Violent crime on the rise in San Diego, Calif.\">recent weeks due<\/a> to pro-Palestinian protests, with students and other protesters taking over buildings and setting up encampments that have sometimes led to violence. <\/p>\n<p>Biden has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/2987452\/white-house-pivots-campus-protest-to-student-loan-cancellations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"faced pressure\">faced pressure<\/a> to define his stance on the issue, which he did in remarks lasting roughly three minutes on Thursday morning. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cViolent protest is not protected. Peaceful protest is,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s against the law when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/who-report-shows-almost-1-in-3-women-experienced-violence-even-before-pandemic\/\" title=\"WHO Report Shows Almost 1 in 3 Women Experienced Violence Even Before Pandemic\">violence occurs<\/a>. Destroying property is not a peaceful protest. It\u2019s against the law. Vandalism, trespassing, breaking windows, shutting down campuses, forcing the cancellation of classes and graduations \u2014 None of this is a peaceful protest. Threatening people, intimidating people, instilling fear in people is not peaceful protest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The widespread protests and, in some cases, chaos have drawn comparisons to the Vietnam War protests in 1968<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/politics\/biden-needs-to-learn-from-the-democrats-disaster-in-68-9024144a?mod=e2tw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"some claiming\">. Some claim<\/a> the protests could boost former president Donald Trump, who won the election in 2016 on a law-and-order message.<\/p>\n<p>Biden tried to establish a clear boundary between First Amendment-protected speech and illegal activity that goes beyond words, supporting the protests so long as they stay within certain bounds. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDissent is essential to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/democracy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>democracy<\/a>,\u201d he said. \u201cBut dissent must never lead to disorder, or to denying the rights of others so students can finish the semester, and their college education.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He denounced antisemitism along with Islamophobia, saying there is \u201cno place for hate speech or violence of any kind\u201d in the U.S.<\/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>\u201cMake no mistake, as president I will always defend free speech,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd I will always be just as strong in standing up for the rule of law.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following his remarks Biden was asked by reporters if he will change his policies in the Middle East and if he supports sending in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/National-Guard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>National Guard<\/a>. His response to both was, \u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden condemned campus violence during a White House address but stood firm against altering his Middle East approach or deploying the National Guard for control. 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