PBS’ Brooks: Nixon and Reagan Won Their Elections by Running Against Protests

BRANGHAM David we saw ░░░░░░░░ President Biden was asked ░░░░░░░░ whether these protests and ░░░░░░░░ message of those protests ░░░░░░░░ going to change his ░░░░░░░░ on policy vis a ░░░░░░░░ Israel and Gaza He ░░░░░░░░ that it wasn t ░░░░░░░░ have also seen this ░░░░░░░░ passage of a law ░░░░░░░░ a bill clarifying what ░░░░░░░░ antisemitism formally I guess ░░░░░░░░ that schools that don ░░░░░░░░ punish it overtly could ░░░░░░░░ punished themselves Do you ░░░░░░░░ that there will be ░░░░░░░░ political reverberations from these ░░░░░░░░ BROOKS Yeah I think ░░░░░░░░ time You know in ░░░░░░░░ 1960s Ronald Reagan ran ░░░░░░░░ governor running against the ░░░░░░░░ protests Richard Nixon ran ░░░░░░░░ president running against the ░░░░░░░░ It s not so ░░░░░░░░ the message of the ░░░░░░░░ it s the violence ░░░░░░░░ surrounds them I m ░░░░░░░░ at the University of ░░░░░░░░ this term And a ░░░░░░░░ hundred yards from here ░░░░░░░░ encampment at our school ░░░░░░░░ there And the university ░░░░░░░░ a very clear policy ░░░░░░░░ celebrate your right to ░░░░░░░░ your point of view ░░░░░░░░ we don t allow ░░░░░░░░ to make the campus ░░░░░░░░ We re not going ░░░░░░░░ let you disrupt campus ░░░░░░░░ re not going to ░░░░░░░░ you to disrupt learning ░░░░░░░░ today the president Paul ░░░░░░░░ sent out an E ░░░░░░░░ to everybody in the ░░░░░░░░ saying We celebrate the ░░░░░░░░ to make your statements ░░░░░░░░ the students have been ░░░░░░░░ They have torn down ░░░░░░░░ signs They have silenced ░░░░░░░░ They have made the ░░░░░░░░ they have interfered with ░░░░░░░░ in the campus And ░░░░░░░░ he sent out a ░░░░░░░░ ominous E mail And ░░░░░░░░ have to say things ░░░░░░░░ pretty tame here compared ░░░░░░░░ a lot of the ░░░░░░░░ places So what Americans ░░░░░░░░ is free speech What ░░░░░░░░ don t support is ░░░░░░░░ looks like anarchy And ░░░░░░░░ I think if the ░░░░░░░░ continue to veer in ░░░░░░░░ direction they re veering ░░░░░░░░ could see some pretty ░░░░░░░░ repercussions which is why ░░░░░░░░ is speaking which is ░░░░░░░░ Chuck Schumer is speaking ░░░░░░░░ to distance themselves from ░░░░░░░░ the protesters are doing.”