President Joe Biden has been remarkably silent as students and professional agitators set up "Gaza Liberation Zones" on college campuses. He's tried to both sides it, condemning antisemitism as well as those "who don't understand what's going on with the Palestinians." Other than an offhand statement, he hasn't exactly been a leader in these tumultuous times.
MSNBC's Joe Scarborough knows that the images of students in keffiyehs fighting off police officers is hurting Biden's re-election chances, and he's trying to help his viewers. If they're too stupid to see that, they should change to another channel.
Joe Scarborough Blasts MSNBC Viewers ‘Too Stupid’ To See Campus Protests Hurting Biden’s Reelection: ‘Change to Another Channel’
— KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) May 2, 2024
“If you’re offended by this, please, I’m trying to help you. I don’t want Donald Trump to get elected. All right? I’m trying to help you. If you’re… pic.twitter.com/z853QIZicj
“If you’re offended by this, please, I’m trying to help you. I don’t want Donald Trump to get elected. All right? I’m trying to help you. If you’re too stupid to figure that out, you can change to another channel.”
“Because we’re sorting through this as a country, and this is not helping. This is not helping the people of Gaza. And this is not helping those of us who want to fight fascism in America.”
"You remember 68? It was a tidal wave. There's a reason that Reagan won with a lot of young voters in 1980. There’s a reason the Reagan Revolution took place. The seeds were planted in 1968. And again, when I say that, I’m not saying that the Vietnam War wasn’t an unjust war. It was."
"Martin Luther King and others have proven that there are ways to help the cause without aiding the worst elements in American politics."
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Biden, who initially stood strong with Israel, buckled at the knee pretty quickly when protesters showed up outside the Whtie House calling him "Genocide Joe." He had National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan ask Benjamin Netanyahu to "tone it down a bit" in Gaza and try to wrap things up in weeks, not months.
"I'm trying to help you. I don't want Donald Trump to get elected."
Sounding pretty desperate there.
The Democratic National Convention this August has a good chance of outdoing 1968!https://t.co/iDyEYxY3t0
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 2, 2024
We'll probably see a few "fiery but mostly peaceful protests"🤪 pic.twitter.com/MInl4kIqGQ
— KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) May 2, 2024
6 more months of these protests please
— Petey B (@realpeteyb123) May 2, 2024
More and more people are all to happy to oblige MSNBC and change to another channel. This is more evidence that they think it’s their job to tell you what to think. If you don’t think what they want you to think they get mad and they hate you for it.
— Daily Trite 🇺🇸 (@realDailyTrite) May 2, 2024
MSNBC championed this - helped cultivate it.
— TheBitchIsBack😋 (@hotnostril) May 2, 2024
They’re only angry because it’s backfiring on them during election/riot season
MSNBC's Chris Hayes is trying to link these protests with the glory days of student protests, like when they were protesting apartheid in South Africa. To him, these are just another in the long line of righteous student uprisings.
Joe Biden set it all up perfectly with his lack of leadership and dedication to feeding both sides of the war. Gaza and Israel. Israel is our friend.
— Christopher Colombo (@clhwi2017) May 2, 2024
Biden is sending aid to Israel while sending troops into a war zone to build a $320 million pier to accept aid for the Palestinians. He's even floated the idea of welcoming Palestinian refugees into the country.
"I don't want Donald Trump to get elected"
— Mark Espee (@Mark_Espee) May 2, 2024
And here I thought he was unbiased.
Does Scarborough fear that Americans will perceive Trump as a stronger leader? It sure sounds that way.
The left is eating itself
— Wild On (@wild24326302) May 2, 2024
Delicious
This is what you always get when you LEAD WITH WEAKNESS
— Wild On (@wild24326302) May 2, 2024
He thought they'd adore him
They see that they can trample over him
Both sides of the protest were chanting "fuck joe biden"
That's what happens when you don't stand up
You fall for anything
It's true … at the University of Alabama, pro-Israel and pro-Hamas demonstrators put aside their differences to chant, "Let's go, Brandon." We think that's what they were saying.
Morning Joe wants his 17 viewers to bail him out. Sad.
— Can'tch@ See (@fightgoodfite) May 2, 2024
So, it’s nakedly political for Scarborough.
— knotgrumpy (@knotgrumpy) May 2, 2024
Don’t do anything that will hurt Biden’s political chances.
Not saying, “What you are doing is wrong!”
Just, “Don’t hurt Joe Biden. He likes my TV show.”
He's trying to help you to get Biden re-elected? Are you too stupid to understand that?
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