Posted on 05/02/2024 6:19:59 AM PDT by Red Badger
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre short-circuited Wednesday when Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy asked who is funding the anti-Israel campus protests.
Hundreds of protesters have been arrested across the U.S. as they have attempted to occupy college campuses and violently clashed with law enforcement forcing them to disperse. A mob of over 200 protesters at Columbia University barricaded Hamilton Hall in the early hours of Tuesday morning and held three janitors hostage, leading to about 100 arrests and potentially several expulsions.
Jean-Pierre did not directly answer whether President Joe Biden’s administration will investigate how these protests are being funded.
“Some of these encampments, they had matching tents we’re being told, that there are professional outside agitators involved. We don’t know if they’re being paid to sow chaos by domestic folks or foreign entities. Does President Biden want his administration to find out who is funding some of these protests?”
“What I can say is—you know, um … I cannot uh … I cannot speak to the organizations that are being reported that are on the ground. That is not something for me to speak to. That is obviously something for local governments—local officials—I keep saying local governments, local officials going to speak to. They’ll have better information on that. What we have said, and I don’t think I’ve iterated that yet from here is that DOJ and FBI is gonna continue to offer support to universities and colleges within respect to federal laws. That is what the DOJ and FBI is doing. As far as local organizations and what is all being reported on the ground, that is something that local law enforcement is certainly looking into.”
Doocy pressed Jean-Pierre on the president accusing former President Donald Trump of being complicit with the 2017 riot in Charlottesville, Virginia through his alleged silence, while he has been silent on the growing antisemitism on college campuses.
“The president has not been silent on this issue when it comes to hate speech, antisemitism—”
“This week he has,” Doocy interjected.
“Wait, wait. He started—launched—the first ever antisemitism strategy to counter antisemitism. Something no other president did. No other president—” the press secretary said.
“A school building at an Ivy League campus got taken over,” Doocy argued.
“And we called that out and we said that is not peacefully protesting. Taking over a building at a university or college is not peacefully protesting and we’ve been very clear, we’ve been very clear, taking more than 100 new actions to deal with antisemitism in this administration, no one has ever done that before. Not any other administration has ever done that before,” she said.
Campus protesters have blocked Jewish students and professors from entering buildings or going to class. Rabbi Elie Buechler, who is associated with Columbia’s Orthodox Union Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus, advised nearly 300 mostly Orthodox Jewish students through a WhatsApp message to leave campus to ensure their safety, according to CNN.
A Pro-Palestine leader at Columbia University held a sign reading, “We have Zionists who have entered the camp” and encircled three Jewish students who had entered the encampment, according to a video which circulated online.
“It was really scary because we had like 75 people quickly gathered around, encircling us, doing exactly what he said to do,” Jewish student Avi Weinberg said, according to The New York Times. “Suddenly we are being called ‘the Zionists’ in their encampment. He put a target on our back.”
Khymani James, the same protest leader, said in a video that Zionists “don’t deserve to live” and said they should be grateful he is “not just going out and murdering” them.
That one looks smarter than the real thing
That's a tell.
The animated lying dustmop strikes again!
“What’s this “speak to” nonsense? “
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Dodging, obfuscation and dissembling.
Typical liberal tactics whenever they get exposed.
[A mob of over 200 protesters at Columbia University barricaded Hamilton Hall in the early hours of Tuesday morning and held three janitors hostage, leading to about 100 arrests and potentially several expulsions.]
Gosh, kidnapping and insurrection.......
Seems like something that should be looked into.
LOL!
Coincidentally we picked up a new cooler at Walmart yesterday......from what I saw you can pay as much for one as you want.
A quick check on the home depot app shows 4x8 3/4” plywood is right at $50 a sheet.
I watched Cuomo on News Nation last night and he’s asking the right questions and hopefully will probe enough to get some answers as to the funding sources. He’s not bashful or reluctant to ask. FOX mentioned this morning the cost of the plywood that was used at UCLA and that you mentioned in your post. It was not cheap or paid for by any student on campus.
I think for the first time in all the events like this, we are going to see Soros unmasked for the public. I don’t remember these questions ever being asked before - as if they were forbidden to be spoken out loud.
The cleanup at UCLA and elsewhere - those who wanted to be arrested should have that honor!
Good question. Shipping pallets, plywood, metal fencing and etc wasn’t paid for by student fees and bake sales..
Pre made signs, expensive tents, Yeti coolers, cases of water, goggles, masks, flags, screw guns, etc. These were planned for weeks.
LOL.. you beat me by a few seconds..
Those are big bucks from what I've heard..
In an administration that consists of phags, phreaks, and phanatics, KJP is the ‘Spokes Faery’.
If I could get on the list to recover about 100 sheets of that plywood, once all the heads are busted, I’d build another house.
Please don’t let these incels burn it all. (I know they will)
I was thinking that myself.
As the cops were toting it away, I bet they were saying to themselves, “I could use this at my house”................
“They will be right back in business the next day...”
34 arrested and charged, 4 sent to jail at UW Madistan, yesterday. Tents removed.
This morning? Tents are back up, protesting continues. Campus Police are ‘monitoring the situation’ so no protesters are harmed or hurt themselves while protesting.
*SNORT*
Give KJP a break. Look at what she is tasked with defending. I admit Peppermint Patty was better at dodging the questions, though.
“Khymani James, the same protest leader, said in a video that Zionists “don’t deserve to live” and said they should be grateful he is “not just going out and murdering” them.”
About Khymani James:
“James, who identifies as a first generation African-Caribbean gay Black male, was vice president of BLA’s Black Student Union, and still helps to connect the organization with people in the city.”
” I always tell people that the ultimate destination is Congress, and everything that happens in between is just life. But the ultimate destination is Congress.”
“It includes obama money.”
Obama graduated Columbia University.
FDR attended Law School at Columbia.
So did Wild Bill Donovan, the first head of the OSS.
Eisenhower was President of Columbia while he was the head of NATO, and while he ran for president.
Yessum. Buttwheat not gonna be all up in dat.
no speak to, but also no speak about, speak from, or speak wisdom.
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