{"id":2235588,"date":"2024-05-02T13:22:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T17:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-brief-address-biden-condemns-lawless-college-protests-and-says-no-national-guard-on-campuses\/"},"modified":"2024-05-02T13:23:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T17:23:47","slug":"in-brief-address-biden-condemns-lawless-college-protests-and-says-no-national-guard-on-campuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-brief-address-biden-condemns-lawless-college-protests-and-says-no-national-guard-on-campuses\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden criticizes &#8216;lawless&#8217; college protests in brief statement, rules out National Guard on 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\">28<\/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%2Fin-brief-address-biden-condemns-lawless-college-protests-and-says-no-national-guard-on-campuses%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=2235588&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 \u200dBiden recently\u200d addressed \u2063the \u2062rise of &#8216;lawless&#8217; protests on U.S. college campuses, condemning violence and emphasizing the importance of \u2064peaceful\u200d demonstrations. He highlighted the need for order and respect for \u2063the law while recognizing the significance\u200c of\u200d peaceful protest in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/experts-spot-troubling-marking-on-russian-ballistic-missile-realize-where-it-came-from\/\" title=\"Experts discover concerning marking on Russian missile, trace its origin\">addressing societal\u2062 issues<\/a>.\u200d Biden&#8217;s remarks underscored the value \u200cof civil discourse and the rule of law in American society.  <\/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><span>President Joe Biden in a brief address on Thursday condemned the &#8220;lawless&#8221; protests that have recently sprung up across U.S. college campuses, stressing that &#8220;order must prevail&#8221; but stopping short of endorsing the deployment of the National Guard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Violent protest is not protected\u2014peaceful protest is,&#8221; Biden <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS\/status\/1786050053380907293\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>. &#8220;It\u2019s against the law when violence occurs. Destroying property is not a peaceful protest. Vandalism, trespassing, breaking windows, shutting down campuses, forcing the cancellation of classes and graduations\u2014none of this is a peaceful protest.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>While affirming peaceful protests as &#8220;in the best tradition of how Americans respond to consequential issues,&#8221; the president emphasized the United States is not a &#8220;lawless country&#8221; but &#8220;a civil society [where] order must prevail.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Whether it\u2019s anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, or discrimination against Arab Americans or Palestinian Americans, it\u2019s simply wrong,&#8221; Biden added. &#8220;There\u2019s no place for racism in America. It\u2019s all wrong. It\u2019s un-American.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As he was leaving the press room after the address, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-biden-claims-twice-that-350-million-americans-have-been-vaccinated-more-than-u-s-population\/\" title=\"WATCH: Biden Claims Twice That 350 Million Americans Have Been Vaccinated, More Than U.S. Population\">president told reporters<\/a> he would not reconsider his position on the Israel-Hamas war and that he does not think the National Guard should intervene to help restore order on college campuses nationwide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Biden\u2019s remarks came amid chaotic and oftentimes violent <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/live-news\/may-2-antisemitism-surges-campus-protests\"><span>anti-Israel demonstrations<\/span><\/a><span>  at many of America\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/paul-krugman-blames-the-media-for-americans-thinking-the-economy-sucks\/\" title=\"Paul Krugman Blames the Media for Americans Thinking the Economy Sucks\">top academic institutions<\/a>, including Columbia University; Harvard University; the University of California, Los Angeles; the University of Texas, Austin; and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.<\/span>\t<\/p>\n<p><span>The Republican-led House Education and Workforce Committee earlier this week <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/house-republicans-call-for-university-leaders-to-testify-as-anti-israel-protests-sweep-nation\/\"><span>called<\/span><\/a><span>  on the presidents of Yale University, the University of Michigan, and UCLA to testify in front of Congress regarding rising anti-Semitism on their campuses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Harvard president Claudine Gay and University of Pennsylvania president Liz Magill <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/campus\/harvard-president-claudine-gay-resigns-in-disgrace-amid-plagiarism-anti-semitism-scandals\/\"><span>resigned<\/span><\/a><span>  after they sparked national outrage late last year by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/watch-mit-penn-harvard-presidents-say-calls-for-jewish-genocide-do-not-violate-code-of-conduct\/\"><span>telling<\/span><\/a><span>  the House committee that calling for the genocide of Jews would not necessarily violate their schools\u2019 code of conduct. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Biden&#8217;s concise statement on Thursday denounced the &#8216;lawless&#8217; college protests, emphasizing the need for order without endorsing National Guard deployment. 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