President Biden is in a difficult position when it comes to student protests. That’s almost certainly why we’ve heard so little from him while all of this is going on all around the country.
At today’s White House press briefing, AP reporter Zeke Miller asked the press secretary about it. KJP responded by bringing up Biden’s record on anti-Semitism and how he spoke out after the 2017 march at UVA. “Let’s not forget in 2017. He was very clear what we saw — the anti-Semitic vile that we saw in Charlottesville — on the streets of Charlottesville. He called that out. He called that out,” she said.
I can see why the White House went for this talking point but as Stephen Miller pointed out, his outspokenness then only makes his near silence now seem more conspicuous.
To deflect about why Joe Biden hasn’t given any personal in person statement about what’s happening right now, she goes…
