Biden to Address Holocaust Remembrance While Still Quiet on Campus Unrest
Joe Biden,Pro-Palestine Protests,Holocaust,Antisemitism
President Biden, who has personally stayed relatively quiet during college campus protests in recent days, plans to speak out against antisemitism next week at a ceremony hosted by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s annual “days of remembrance” commemoration, the White House announced on Wednesday.
While his spokesmen have denounced violence and antisemitism on campus, Mr. Biden has made little effort to personally address the anti-Israel protests that have roiled colleges across the country, drawing criticism from Republicans and frustrating some Democrats who want him to show more public leadership.
Mr. Biden will travel to Capitol Hill on Tuesday to deliver the keynote address of the Holocaust museum’s yearly event and remember the Nazi effort to exterminate the Jewish people in Europe. “The president will also discuss our moral duty to combat the rising scourge of antisemitism,” Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House press secretary, told reporters.
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