{"id":2242970,"date":"2024-05-12T15:27:03","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T19:27:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/adam-smith-calls-it-ridiculous-to-think-campus-protests-have-influence-on-biden\/"},"modified":"2024-05-12T15:28:23","modified_gmt":"2024-05-12T19:28:23","slug":"adam-smith-calls-it-ridiculous-to-think-campus-protests-have-influence-on-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/adam-smith-calls-it-ridiculous-to-think-campus-protests-have-influence-on-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"Adam Smith dismisses the notion that campus protests sway Biden"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fadam-smith-calls-it-ridiculous-to-think-campus-protests-have-influence-on-biden%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=2242970&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>Rep. Adam Smith from Washington State dismissed \u2064the idea that campus protests impact President Joe\u2062 Biden&#8217;s \u2062Gaza\u200b strategy as &#8220;ridiculous.&#8221; Biden&#8217;s stance on not supplying Israel with\u200d weapons if they invade Rafah sparked reactions, with Rep. Ilhan Omar pointing out the \u2063significance of such decisions \u200dthat protestors have \u200dbeen advocating for. Rep. Adam Smith of Washington State \u2064rejected the notion that campus \u200bprotests influence President Joe\u2062 Biden&#8217;s\u2064 Gaza strategy, deeming it &#8220;ridiculous.&#8221; Biden&#8217;s position on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/speaker-johnson-accuses-biden-of-betrayal-hopes-israel-aid-threat-was-senior-moment\/\" title=\"Speaker Johnson accuses Biden of betrayal over Israel aid threat, hopes it was just a 'senior moment.\">withholding weapons<\/a> from Israel in case of an invasion of Rafah garnered responses, with Rep. Ilhan Omar highlighting the importance of these\u2063 actions that\u200c protestors have \u200cbeen \u200bpushing \u200bfor.  <\/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>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/adam-smith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Adam Smith<\/a> (D-WA) dismissed the idea that the countless <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/campus-protests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>campus protests<\/a> happening across the United States are influencing President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>\u2019s handling of the war in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Gaza<\/a>, calling such a notion \u201cridiculous.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden signaled on Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/2997099\/biden-no-weapons-israel-rafah-cnn-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>the United States would not provide Israel<\/a> with bombs and artillery shells if Israeli Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/benjamin-netanyahu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> decides to invade Rafah, Gaza. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) reacted to the news on social media by writing that this announcement had been what \u201cyoung people across the country were protesting for,\u201d and that \u201cthe arc of what is possible is always within us to bend.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is what young people across the country were protesting for and finally the needle has moved in a significant way. I hope we see more progress, but don\u2019t ever let people tell you that your voices are meaningless and your actions are worthless. The arc of what is possible is\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1zXh3E96Sy\">https:\/\/t.co\/1zXh3E96Sy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IlhanMN\/status\/1788374243211685980?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cYeah, absolutely not,\u201d Smith said on <em>Fox News Sunday<\/em>. \u201cI mean, it\u2019s a ridiculous assertion. What incentivized the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-lost-all-credibility-on-social-distancing-after-biden-celebrations\/\" title=\"Dems Lost All Credibility On Social Distancing After Biden Celebrations\">president\u2019<\/a>s decision was two things. The humanitarian crisis in Gaza, which you described, I think, quite well in the opening to this. And second, the fact that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has no plan for what\u2019s going to happen in Gaza going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Smith also knocked the idea that Biden is not supporting Israel, arguing that the U.S. has been giving weapons to the country since the Oct. 7 attack. He added that he was with Biden at a recent event, where the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/march-13-national-military-k9-veterans-day-commemorates-first-day-of-training-for-armys-war-dog-program-in-1942\/\" title=\"March 13: National Military K9 Veterans Day, commemorates first day of training for army\u2019s war dog program in 1942\">president stated<\/a> that the war in Gaza could end should Hamas choose to release its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hostages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>hostages<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Regarding Netanyahu\u2019s leadership, Smith said that the Israeli prime minister is leading the country down \u201ca path of endless war, conflict, and no peace.\u201d However, he denied wanting to join a call by some Democratic lawmakers to have Netanyahu removed from a position of leadership, arguing that such a call is \u201cup to the Israeli people.\u201d<\/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>Protests across the country have been held across college campuses since last month, all of which have been in support of Palestine. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/2999481\/police-arrest-33-protesters-at-upenn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Police officers arrested 33 protesters<\/a> who refused to clear the area on the University of Pennsylvania\u2019s campus, even after their belongings and tents had been thrown away early Friday.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, several House Republicans, led by Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN), introduced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2996499\/republican-house-members-suggest-laws-sending-campus-protesters-to-gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>the Study Abroad Act<\/a> that would send anti-Israel protesters and others to Gaza or cancel visas if they are convicted of a crime on a college campus. The bill would cancel visas for those who have been arrested \u201cfor rioting or unlawful protest\u201d or for establishing, participating, or promoting an encampment on college campuses since Oct. 7.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) refuted the belief that ongoing campus protests are impacting President Joe Biden&#8217;s approach to the Gaza conflict, deeming it &#8220;ridiculous.&#8221; Biden stated the U.S. would not supply Israel with bombs and artillery shells, signaling a shift in support away from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2242971,"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\/AP24133434705848-1024x580.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2242970","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\/AP24133434705848-1024x580.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242970","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=2242970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2242970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2242971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2242970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2242970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2242970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}