CBS Senior White House Correspondent Nancy Cordes went into full “Protect the Precious” mode as she covered the political fallout from the radical and often violent protests at various elite college campuses across the nation.
Watch as Cordes laments that “the unrest is now threatening to become an election issue” affecting President Biden with the youth vote:
PROTESTERS: Palestine will be free!
NANCY CORDES: Like many protesters, President Biden has expressed concern about the plight of Palestinian civilians. More than 34,000 killed, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry. But when asked today if he would change his policies towards Israel, as the protesters have been demanding, Biden said, simply:
JOE BIDEN: No.
CORDES: The unrest is now threatening to become an election issue. Young people are a key Democratic voting bloc.
SELINA…
