Posted on 11/20/2023 3:31:13 PM PST by Libloather
The White House issued a brutal response Monday to what it said was the "inappropriate" nickname President Biden has been given by critics of his support for Israel amid its war with Hamas terrorists.
Dubbed "Genocide Joe," Biden has increasingly become the target of far-left protests across the country, including by some in his own party accusing him of supporting an effort to wipe out Gaza and the Palestinian people.
"We're not worried about nicknames and bumper stickers. I mean, it's First Amendment free speech. The president's focused on … making sure that we can continue to support Israel as they fight a terrible terrorist group, Hamas," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby initially told New York Post reporter Steven Nelson, who asked him for a response to the nickname during the White House press briefing.
Kirby then shifted his response to blast those using the term "genocide" in a context outside of referring to the express goal of Hamas: the complete eradication of Jews.
"People can say what they want on the sidewalk, and we respect that. That's what the First Amendment is about. But this word genocide is getting thrown around in a pretty inappropriate way by lots of different folks," he said.
"What Hamas wants, make no mistake about it, is genocide. They want to wipe Israel off the map. They've said so publicly on more than one occasion, in fact, just recently. And they've said that they're not going to stop," he said, adding that attacks like that of Oct. 7 would continue to happen "again and again and again."
Kirby acknowledged that there had been "too many" civilian deaths within Gaza as a result of military action, but that Israel was "not trying to wipe the Palestinian people off the map."
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I agree with Kirby?
Pigs are flying about?
Good slapdown by John Kirby. Hope NBC News plays this.
Pedo Joe gets no response, but Genocide Joe knots their knickers?
What I like here is that Genocide Joe is an insult by his fellow ‘Rats.
This Israel v. Hamas war is dividing the Duumycrats.
It is the tard world they created.
Kirby did a briefing today, for good reason. He then turned it to KJP, who was even far worse than usual. Cringe-worthy.
Oh, no. Have we become a tard world nation?
If you can’t sniff ‘em, beat ‘em
There are no civilians in Gaza.
Well they are not entirely wrong. But it is us his handlers want to exterminate.
[snip] the university told her it "may be making things harder on the Muslim population," according to The Wake Report. [/snip]
Kirby says the right things in public but we have no clue what they are really saying behind the scenes
With Pedo Joe at the helm, I’m afraid so.
I am starting to vision a different take coming on soon.
The MSM does not have the control they are familiar with.
The massacre that hamas did is going to have sides which we see. It is all out there for anyone to witness.
If the left agrees with Obama, there you go.
As Kirby pointed out, "Genocide Joe" isn't a fair moniker.
The Student Loan Deadbeats are Muslim Terrorists now! Way to go Jo Jo. You made them the idiots they are.
Maybe just as appropriate,
Joe Bribehim
Republicans could have used the Israel/Palestine issue to move forward the MAGA/Conservative agenda. But in the tradition of the Republican party they chose to completely screw it up and wasted the opportunity.
They could have said....
1.) We don’t want to support Israel killing thousands or tens of thousands of Palestinian children.
2.) We don’t want to create tens or hundreds of thousands of backward, 3rd world refugees that will need to be taken in by western countries.
3.) We don’t want to support evil, 80 IQ Islamists who intentionally kill innocents at the drop of a hat.
...therefore we are advocating that the U.S. stay out of it.
If Israel wants to commit a genocide on the Palestinian people, go ahead but we won’t help and they will own it by themselves for the rest of history.
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