{"id":2235876,"date":"2024-05-02T18:03:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T22:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-keep-pressure-on-biden-after-campus-protest-condemnation\/"},"modified":"2024-05-02T18:04:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T22:04:15","slug":"republicans-keep-pressure-on-biden-after-campus-protest-condemnation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republicans-keep-pressure-on-biden-after-campus-protest-condemnation\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP maintains pressure on Biden post-campus protest criticism"},"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\">16<\/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%2Frepublicans-keep-pressure-on-biden-after-campus-protest-condemnation%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=2235876&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\u200d Joe Biden \u200baddressed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/build-back-better-from-boris-johnson-to-greta-and-extinction-rebellion-britains-year-of-climate-craziness\/\" title=\"Build Back Better: From Boris Johnson to Greta and Extinction Rebellion, Britain\u2019s Year of Climate Craziness\">disruptive protests<\/a> on college campuses, \u2064urging for order restoration amidst \u200dpro-Palestinian demonstrations linked \u2062to the Gaza conflict. \u2064The Republican response criticized Biden&#8217;s approach, highlighting a need for\u200d more decisive action. Some Republicans \u200csuggested deploying the National Guard, while others called for\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congressional-democrats-introduce-bill-to-end-legacy-admissions-at-colleges-and-universities\/\" title=\"Congressional Democrats propose bill to abolish legacy admissions at colleges.\">cutting federal funding<\/a> to universities unable to control protests, influencing Democrats to adopt more conservative positions\u200d on Gaza ahead of the 2024\u2064 elections.  <\/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<\/a> put to rest speculation Thursday over how strongly he would come down on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2986886\/how-19-universities-responded-campus-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>wave of disruptive protests<\/a> engulfing college campuses.<\/p>\n<p>After a week of silence, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/2988416\/biden-denounces-violent-campus-protests-rejects-national-guard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>called for order<\/a> to be restored as pro-Palestinian demonstrators force the cancellation of classes and graduation ceremonies over the war in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>But the Republican response, ranging from measured to overtly partisan, reflected how the president will be unable to escape the disorder plaguing Democrats, who oppose the civilian deaths in Gaza but want to distance themselves from extreme elements of the party base.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), the No. 3 Republican in the House, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/EliseStefanik\/status\/1786095769176395967\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>said<\/a> the president \u201cfailed to meet the moment,\u201d while Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) mocked Biden\u2019s mention of Islamophobia in a speech condemning antisemitism.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. John Thune (R-SD), running to be the next GOP leader in the Senate, welcomed Biden\u2019s address but said it had come too late.<\/p>\n<p>Two days earlier, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), the Senate\u2019s top Democrat, came out against what he called \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/2985740\/schumer-mcconnell-rebuke-violent-anti-israel-college-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>lawlessness<\/a>\u201d on college campuses.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe waited an awful long time to do it because it\u2019s gotten really out of hand,\u201d Thune said of Biden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe country needs to hear from our leaders, qnd obviously, the president\u2019s voice in this matters,\u201d he told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. \u201cSo, I\u2019m glad he\u2019s spoken up, and hopefully, he\u2019ll continue to get more forceful with respect to what\u2019s happening out there.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Sen. John Thune (R-SD) speaks Wednesday, March 15, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington, as Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA), right, Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT), and Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), left, listen. (AP Photo\/Mariam Zuhaib)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Republicans, seeking to use the protests as a political wedge for Democrats, have proposed a series of responses to the encampments that have cropped up on college campuses.<\/p>\n<p>Hawley is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/2974026\/hawley-demands-biden-send-national-guard-protect-jewish-students-colleges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>among those<\/a> joining Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) in calling for the National Guard to clear them out, a notion Biden rejected Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>But the one that has attracted some interest from Democrats is the end of federal funding for universities that cannot get the protests under control. Administrators at elite colleges such as Columbia sent in police in the past week but have been reluctant to do so.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean, these college campuses need to feel the heat,\u201d Thune said. \u201cThey get a lot of federal money.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The GOP scrutiny, which comes months before the 2024 elections, has forced many Democrats to the right on Gaza. Some House lawmakers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/05\/01\/antisemitism-bill-mike-johnson-democrats-mtg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>held their noses<\/a> in voting for an antisemitism bill on Tuesday despite reservations that its language would chill free speech.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have widely condemned the harassment of Jews on college campuses. Even Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), one of the most outspoken Israel critics, said Biden was \u201cexactly right\u201d to speak out against violence and antisemitism.<\/p>\n<p>But party leaders are grappling with how to show support for Palestinians, thousands of whom have died in Israel\u2019s war against Hamas, without allowing Republicans to define them as extremists.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/therecount\/status\/1786116289733275880\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>appearing<\/a> on CNN Thursday, said student protesters are \u201cthere for the right reasons,\u201d but Hawley equated them with those burning Israeli flags and \u201cshouting Nazi slogans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese people are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-department-hire-oversaw-uns-terrorist-textbook-program\/\" title=\"State Department Hire Oversaw UN\u2019s Terrorist Textbook Program\">pro-terrorist<\/a>, they want to kill Jews,\u201d he told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. Biden \u201cshould just say it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s what leadership would be, but he won\u2019t,\u201d Hawley added. \u201cIt\u2019s all politics. It\u2019s because he thinks he needs these people\u2019s votes, which says a lot.\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>The antisemitism bill, which the Senate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/2988631\/senate-moves-antisemitism-bill-campus-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>could soon take up<\/a> as well, is just one action Republicans have taken since the protests erupted. Johnson traveled to Columbia University, the epicenter of the protests, last week and has since announced a House-wide investigation into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-war-desantis-directs-florida-colleges-to-shut-down-pro-palestinian-student-group\/\" title=\"DeSantis orders Florida colleges to disband pro-Palestinian student group amid Israel conflict.\">campus demonstrations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He has repeatedly called on Biden to speak with \u201cmoral clarity\u201d on the subject.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Biden addressed concerns on Thursday regarding disruptive protests on college campuses. Following a week of silence, he emphasized the need for order to be restored amid pro-Palestinian demonstrations that led to class and ceremony cancellations due to the Gaza conflict. 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