Campus Protests Aggravate Schisms Among Democrats, Imperil ‘Guaranteed’ Youth Vote by John Haughey – US Politics News

Universities and colleges are in turmoil but, with semesters drawing to a close and commencements underway, students—and the “outside agitators” orchestrating them—will soon be headed home, campuses emptied, and other urgencies will fill TV screens, fixating the nation’s attention on that until the next “crisis” comes along, repeat-and-rinse.
That appears to be President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign response to questions regarding his administration’s reactions to the largest groundswell of campus unrest since the 1980s anti-apartheid and 1960/70s Vietnam War protests.
Pro-Palestinian groups, often inside ad hoc encampments, are demanding an end to the war in Gaza and university divestment from Israel. They have embroiled at least 50 universities and colleges across 30 states in standoffs with police. As of May 3, more than 2,200 people have been arrested on campuses in at least 22 states since April 18….