President Biden offers remarks about scholar protests over the battle in Gaza from the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Thursday.
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President Biden offers remarks about scholar protests over the battle in Gaza from the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Thursday.
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President Biden defended the protests roiling school campuses throughout the nation, but additionally emphasised the significance of the rule of legislation and denounced hate speech of any sort.
The president gave the transient, swiftly organized remarks from the White House Thursday morning following days of schools and universities struggling to comprise pro-Palestinian protests.
“We’ve all seen images and they put to the test two fundamental American principles,” Biden mentioned. “The first is the right to free speech and for people to peacefully assemble and make their voices heard. The second is rule of law. Both must be upheld.”
He mentioned folks have a right to get an schooling and freely stroll throughout campus with out concern. “There’s the right to protest but no the right to cause chaos,” he mentioned.
Biden added that there isn’t a place for antisemitism or hate speech of any sort in America.
Watch his remarks under.