White House: Biden Closely Monitoring Campus Protests, Condemns Antisemitism by T.J. Muscaro – US Politics News

The day after pro-Palestine demonstrations on college campuses across the country turned violent as protesters forcibly occupied a building and clashed with police and counter-protesters, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was pressed during a May 1 briefing to state President Joe Biden’s position on the recent developments.
Her answer was a two-pronged general statement reiterating the administration’s continued condemnation of anti-semitism and hate speech and recognition of Americans’ right to protest peacefully within the limits of the law.
Pro-Palestine campus protests have become a national phenomenon from Los Angeles, California, and Austin, Texas, to Gainesville, Florida, and New York City. Those universities and their local and state law enforcement agencies have reacted to the disruptions in their own way, and the last several days have produced various results—from hundreds of arrests and forced take-downs of makeshift campsites at Columbia University to Brown University considering divesting from Israel and USC’s decision to cancel graduation ceremonies….