Biden speaks on campus clashes: ‘Violent protest is not protected’ | VOA News
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Published 2024-05-02
After weeks of pro-Palestinian protests escalating in universities across the United States, President Joe Biden addressed the nation Thursday, underscoring that the right to free speech and the rule of law must both be upheld.
“Order must prevail,” he said from the White House, even as he stressed that dissent is “essential for democracy.
“We are not an authoritarian nation where we silence people or squash dissent,” he said. “The American people are heard. In fact, peaceful protest is in the best tradition of how Americans respond to consequential issues.”
Biden said he does not support calls by some Republican lawmakers including House Speaker Mike Johnson to send in the National Guard to quell protests.
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All Comments (21)
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No one listens to anything you say.
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It sure seemed protected when they were lighting cities across the country on fire a couple years ago.
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And why weren’t we saying this back in 2020? It was being encouraged by people on the left and the damage was ignored. How many days straight were they basically taking over Portland?
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My roommate literally works at UCLA and saw everything. It was perfectly peaceful for days until an outside group of people came in and instigated violence
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Who remembers “mostly peaceful “?
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It's your fault and everyone nows it
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When college kids were protesting Trump, they said it was acceptable. But now its not?
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It was peaceful at first until the thugs showed up and infiltrated the protest.. Which was the usual suspects and thugs. 👀
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Something both sides came together was their chants for F J B . Both groups know he blows .
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Blah, blah, blah. He speaks of rights while tearing up the Second Amendment.
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It's about time you spoke up; too bad you didn't state that hate crimes will not be tolerated in this country.
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Hmm, wonder where he was back during all of the BLM and Antifa riots.
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This man's a waste of air
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Why wasn't this rule applied during the George Floyd mess?
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Thanks for weighing in Genocide Joe!
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Just another politician out of touch with reality.
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Does and says absolutely nothing until other people have already cleaned up the mess. Worthless leader.
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There's also no place for us to be forced to pay someone else's student loans.
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FJB LETS GO BRANDON!!!
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Democrats seemed to sing a different tune during the blm riots. I wonder what caused the change? I can't quite put my finger on it, but I'm certain there's gotta be a reason for their change, there's gotta be. Any ideas? Anyone?
