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Karine Jean-Pierre References Charlottesville When Confronted About Pro-Hamas Chants
Rebecca Downs
4–5 minutes
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre didn't have the easiest time discussing matters related to Israel during Friday's press briefing, as Spencer covered earlier. When it comes to the related topic of pro-Hamas chants going on across America, Jean-Pierre response on that topic was also lacking, as she brought up the August 2017 "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville.
At Columbia University this week, pro-Hamas agitators were declaring disturbing statements such as "we are all Hamas" and "long live Hamas" in reference to the October 7 attack that the terrorist group perpetrated against Israel. Columbia's President Minouche Shafik just spoke before Congress earlier this week about the rampant antisemitism on her campus, as Madeline addressed.
"I get you don't want to go into specifics, but what does the president think about young people in America, saying things like 'We are all Hamas' and 'Long live Hamas,'" Fox News' Peter Doocy asked about the protest.
"Can--I will say--look, this is a president that has been, uh, since he's been in office, and the reason why he ran has been very clear about what he witnessed in Charlottesville. Let's not forget what we saw the antisemitism, the bigotry, the hate that we saw in the street of Charlottesville, which, as I just stated, was one of the reasons that he decided to run," Jean-Pierre shared, speaking about the event which took place almost seven years ago now.
Further, when it comes to how President Joe Biden has referenced that it was that antisemitic and racist rally in Charlottesville that made him run, he's also had a habit of doing so by referencing narratives that were debunked years ago, specifically that when former and potentially future President Donald Trump said there were "fine people on both sides," he was describing white supremacists and neo-Nazis as "fine people."
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Q: “What does the president think about young people in America saying things like ‘We are all Hamas’ and ‘Long live Hamas’?”
KJP: “This is a president who has been...very clear about what he witnessed in Charlottesville, let's not forget what we saw, the antisemitism, the bigotry, the hate...no president has taken more action to combat antisemitism than this president."
So again, “What does the president think about young people in America saying things like ‘We are all Hamas’ and ‘Long live Hamas’?”
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Quite the dodge on her part
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Quite the dodge on her part
Yeah, pretty thin gruel.