During Monday’s White House press conference, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked to condemn the widespread anti-Israel protestors seen around the US and the globe, Jean-Pierre instead brought up the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
“Does President Biden think the anti-Israel protestors in this country are extremists?” Fox News’ Peter Doocy asked.
“What I can say is we’ve been very clear about this, when it comes to antisemitism, there’s no place. We have to make sure that we speak against it very loudly.”
“Remember, when the President decided to run for president — is what he saw in Charlottesville in 2017,” Jean-Pierre continued, “when we saw neo-Nazis marching down the streets of Charlottesville, with vile, antisemitic, just hatred. And he was very clear then and he’s very clear now. He’s taken actions against this over the past two years, and he’s continued to be clear, there is no place for this type of vile and this kind of rhetoric.”
Doocy asked Jean-Pierre, “we hear you guys talk about extremists all the time. It is usually about MAGA extremists. So what about these protestors who are making Jewish students feel unsafe on college campuses?”
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Approved ~ MJM
