President Biden cast the events in Charlottesville, Virginia, as the impetus for his 2020 White House run – but Biden now faces his own “Charlottesville moment."
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Biden once ripped 'antisemitic bile' but now faces own 'Charlottesville moment'
President Biden cast the events in Charlottesville, Virginia, and his framing of former President Trump's response, as the impetus for his 2020 White House run – but Biden now faces his own "Charlottesville moment."
Biden has repeatedly and emphatically condemned the riots in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017 for spewing "antisemitic bile," even saying the protests motivated his run for the White House last election cycle.
"In that moment, I knew the threat to this nation was unlike any I had ever seen in my lifetime," Biden said in 2019 of the riots when announcing his run for the White House against then-President Trump.
Flash forward to 2024, antisemitism is running rampant on the campuses of some of the country’s most elite universities, including protesters on Columbia’s campus saying Jewish students were Hamas’ "next targets" amid ongoing protests.
''Al-Qassam you make us proud, kill another soldier now," protesters on the Ivy League campus chanted over the weekend, referring to the military wing of the terrorist organization Hamas.
They also chanted: "We say justice, you say how. Burn Tel Aviv to the ground" and "Hamas we love you. We support your rockets, too."
The president said he condemned "antisemitic protests" on college campuses and also those "who don't understand what's going on with the Palestinians."
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Joe Biden Just Had His 'Charlottesville' Moment
President Joe Biden’s latest remarks about pro-Palestinian protests sparked a backlash on social media, with some saying it was Biden's "Charlottesville moment."
When a reporter asked the president if he condemned the "antisemitic protests" occurring on college campuses, Biden said: "I condemn the antisemitic protests. That's why I've set up a program to deal with that."
He added: "I also condemn those who don't understand what's going on with the Palestinians...and how they're being...."
Israel launched its war after Hamas' October 7 attack on southern Israel, which killed 1,200 people, while some 250 others were taken hostage. In the six months since, Israel has killed more than 34,000 Palestinians in Gaza, and at least two-thirds of the dead are women and children, The Associated Press reported, citing the local health ministry.
This is Biden’s Charlottesville moment according to the media.