White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Monday refused to call anti-Israel protesters on college campuses across America “extremists,” despite growing antisemitic rhetoric, violence and fear among Jewish students.
The exchange occurred during a White House press briefing when Fox News’ Peter Doocy asked Jean-Pierre if President Biden saw the protesters as “extremists.”
“All I can say is — what we have been clear about when it comes to antisemitism, there is no place. We have to make sure that we speak out against it very loudly and very clearly about it,” Jean-Pierre said, adding that Biden decided to run for president in 2017 because of the violent protests in Charlottesville, Virginia that year.
“He saw neo-Nazis marching in the streets of Charlottesville with vile, anti-Semitic, just hatred. And he was very clear then, and he is very clear now. He has been taking action on this for the past two years. And he was clear: There is no place, no place for this kind of vile — and this kind of rhetoric,” he said.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre speaks during the daily briefing at the White House, on Oct. 30. 2023, in Washington. AP
Doocy pressed Jean-Pierre, saying, “We hear you talk about extremists all the time.
It is usually about MAGA extremists.
So what about these protesters who make Jewish students feel unsafe on college campuses?”
Demonstrators support the Palestinian march from Baruch College to Times Square in New York City.James Keivom
“I have been very, very clear. We call out any form of hatred, any form of hatred. It is not acceptable. It should be unacceptable here. And we will continue to call it out,” he said, again declining to say whether the protesters were “extremists.”
“And let me be clear: This is a president who continues to fight in his office, in this administration. You know, when he repealed Trump’s Muslim ban on his first day in office. That’s something this president is doing,” he said, naming other actions he said Biden has taken to combat antisemitism, Islamophobia and discrimination.
Doocy then asked if Biden saw the protests as new youth getting involved or if he thought the next generation was “destined”, but Jean-Pierre again dodged.
Demonstrators support the Palestinian march from Baruch College to Times Square in New York City. James Keivom
“Here’s the thing. There is no place for hate in America,” he said.
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