Campus protests become a political liability for Joe Biden and Democrats
protestA protester raises a fist as pro-Palestinian students demonstrate against the Israel-Hamas war on the campus of the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, on April 24, 2024. Photo by SUZANNE CORDEIRO / AFP
Republicans are seizing on campus turmoil from New York to California as they attack Joe Biden for failing to quell the protests over Israel’s war in Gaza and portray America as spiralling out of control under the US president’s leadership.
Biden on Thursday denounced the “acts of chaos” on campuses around the country, after police moved in to quell demonstrations at the University of California, Los Angeles. Order “must prevail”, he said.