Biden Addresses Pro-Palestine Campus Protests, Says Destroying Property is ‘Not a Peaceful Protest’

President Joe Biden finally addressed the anti-Israel protestors illegally occupying and vandalizing college campuses across the country.

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The President delivered three minutes worth of unscheduled remarks on Thursday, shortly before departing for North Carolina to discuss the economy and to visit families of four law enforcement officers killed earlier this week.

“We’ve all seen images, and they put to the test two fundamental American principles, the first is the right to free speech, and for people to peacefully assemble and make their voices heard, the second, is the rule of law. Both must be upheld.” said President Biden.

During the remarks, which began nearly forty minutes late, Biden praised America as a large, diverse nation with a history of peaceful protests, but condemned violent riots.

“So let me be clear, peaceful protests in America. Violent protest is not protected, peaceful protest is. It’s against the law when violence occurs; destroying property is not a peaceful protest, it’s against the law,” said Biden.

He went on to call out the campus rioters for destroying college property, shutting down campuses, forcing students to miss classes, and making students feel unsafe.

He then condemned the antisemitic conduct of the protestors, but also warned against Islamophobia.

Biden did not call for the end of the protests, but did call for the protestors to voice their complaints peacefully, in a way that would not shut down campuses.

Biden’s reaction to vandalism perpetrated by the campus protestors is significantly different from the common Democrat reaction to the 2020 Black Lives Matter (BLM) Riots, which were spurred on by the death of career criminal George Floyd.

During a 2020 interview with late night host Steven Colbert, then Vice Presidential nominee Kamala Harris expressed her support for the BLM riots, which were looting and vandalizing property across the country.

“They’re not gonna stop before Election Day in November and they’re not gonna stop after Election Day,” said Vice President Harris, “They’re not gonna let up, and they should not.”

At the conclusion of his remarks, Biden responded briefly to two question as he was leaving the room.

Reporters asked him whether the protests had made him rethink his policies towards Israel, and whether he believes that the National Guard should be deployed to suppress the protests.

The president answered both questions with “no,” failing to elaborate on his positions before leaving the room.

Thursday’s unscheduled remarks served as a stark contrast to another unscheduled press conference Biden held in February.

During that conference, which Biden held to deny allegations of his senility, he made a number of serious gaffes, including a claim that Mexico borders the Gaza Strip.

Biden spoke much more clearly on Thursday, but, unlike during his February remarks, he did not stray from the prepared speech and take questions from the press.

Biden’s words are unlikely to sway protestors, many of whom have opposed the president for his continued support of sending military aid to Israel, despite supporting many far-left policies.

On the University of Alabama campus, pro-Palestine protestors and counter-demonstrators were able to set aside their differences on at least one issue, and unify behind their hatred of the Biden Administration.

Protestors on both sides of the issue united in a chant of “F–k Joe Biden.”