Strassel on Biden Addressing the Campus Protests: Too Little, Too Late

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STRASSEL: "No, I did not. [Laughter] And I would say two things about that, or Paul. One, look, I think it’s great that the president finally came out and denounced violence and made a distinction between violent versus peaceful protests, a although the I think that could have been a bit clearer too. One problem here, too little, too late. It took the them nine days to do this as police had already been engaged in actions across the country, and it was very clear from that engagement that he gave, those talking points that he gave, that he was done because he was told that he had to do this, he had to the address this. His heart was not necessarily in this, okay? That was one problem. The other problem is that all he did was address exactly what’s going on on campus. He did not address why this is happening which is, of course, his own policies. This was an opportunity for him to portion forcefully recommit, explain if why the United States is backing Israel, remind everyone about the terrible atrocities that happened on October 7th, make a case for why this is the also in America’s national interests, and he didn’t want to do any of that because at heart, Paul, he’s till trying to thread the needle. He still wants those young, ooh idealistic voters to come out and reelect him in November, and so he won’t say anything that truly will upset them."