Donald Trump on Wednesday described a 2017 white supremacist protest in Charlottesville like a “peanut” compared to the current wave of supportPalestine Protests took place at universities across America.
In a post on his page Social truth platform, the Republican noted that his successor, Joe Bidencited the Unite the Right rally in Virginia as one of his motives for running for president. One woman was killed and nearly 40 others were injured when a neo-Nazi rammed his car into a crowd of counter-demonstrators at a rally—an event that Trump statement at the time was attended by “very fine people on both sides.”
“Crooked Joe Biden will repeatedly say he is running because of Charlottesville,” Trump wrote in Wednesday's post. “Well, if that's the case then he did a truly terrible job because Charlottesville is like a 'pea' compared to the anti-Israel riots and protests going on all over our country, NOW NOW.”
He went on to claim that Biden “HATES Israel and hates Jews” and “HATES Palestinians even more.”
Trump's comments came after related protests Israelifight against Hamas IN Gaza Wednesday is getting hotter and more widespread. Nearly 100 people were arrested for trespassing at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles as police in riot gear dispersed a protest encampment. Dozens more detained at the University of Texas at Austin—include a member of the media—when state troopers clashed with protesters.
Home speakers Mike Johnson (R-LA) also threatened called in the National Guard during the visit Columbia Universityresidential campus New York City, accused the school of allowing “lawless agitators and extremists to take over.” Johnson was angrily booed and jeered when he spoke of the need to “restore order” to the situation.
Earlier this week, Biden said he condemned “anti-Semitic protests,” adding that he also condemned “people who don't understand what is happening to the Palestinians.” Andrew Bates, White House deputy press secretary, also said in a statement. declare that while Americans have the right to peacefully protest, they do not have the right to call for “violence and physical threats against Jewish students.” Such calls, he added, “have absolutely no place on any college campus or anywhere in the United States.”
Israel launched a widespread offensive in Gaza in response to the October 7 attacks by Hamas, which left about 1,200 people dead and another 250 kidnapped as hostages, according to Israeli figures. Gaza's Health Ministry said more than 34,000 people were killed in the area in the ensuing conflict, now in its seventh month.
