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Newsom, state leaders stay mum about pro-Palestinian protest at UCLA
Wingnut:
Gov Greaseball is hiding.
Member of the UC Regents, including Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis and California State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmon – both running for governor – declined NBC Los Angeles’ requests for comment. State Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas also declined to offer a statement on the campus protests.
While Republicans put on the pressure, denouncing antisemitism on campuses, Newsom and his Democratic colleagues have a good reason to tip-toe around the issue, according to Jack Pitney, a political science professor at Claremont McKenna College
“If I were a Democratic party politician, I’d want to stay as far away from this as possible,” Pitney said. “If they support the students, there could be a demonstration with antisemitic references … If they support a removal of them from campus, it could result in over policing and be a very bad image.”
When anti-war protests took place on UC campuses decades ago, Gov. Ronald Reagan, a Republican, had a different approach: He famously sent in the National Guard to UC Berkeley.
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/national-international/newsom-state-leaders-stay-mum-about-pro-palestinian-protest-at-ucla/3503133/
PeteS in CA:
Shades of the late 60s ... except California's then-governor dealt decisively with "anti-war protesters" at SF State and UC Santa Barbara. Will current anti-Semitics hurt LIEden the way the "anti-war protesters" hurt LBJ?
PeteS in CA:
--- Quote ---“If I were a Democratic party politician, I’d want to stay as far away from this as possible,” Pitney said. “If they support the students, there could be a demonstration with antisemitic references … If they support a removal of them from campus, it could result in over policing and be a very bad image.”
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That is exactly the "reasoning" D goobernors are following. The problem is that many voters notice that inaction fosters violence and destruction almost as effectively as actively backing the anti-Semites.
Wingnut:
--- Quote from: PeteS in CA on May 01, 2024, 02:51:44 pm ---That is exactly the "reasoning" D goobernors are following. The problem is that many voters notice that inaction fosters violence and destruction almost as effectively as actively backing the anti-Semites.
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What is that old saying, Silence is compliance?
DB:
Will Democrat Jews still vote for the Dems after all this?
Nothing seems to wake them up.
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