GraceRandolph Posted March 1 Author Posted March 1 President Joe Biden’s team is increasingly taking extraordinary steps to minimize disruptions from pro-Palestinian protests at his events by making them smaller, withholding their precise locations from the media and the public until he arrives, avoiding college campuses and, in at least one instance, considering hiring a private company to vet attendees. The efforts have resulted in zero disruptions at events the White House or the campaign have organized for Biden in the five weeks since he was interrupted a dozen times during an abortion rights speech in Virginia. But they have also meant that Biden is appearing in front of fewer voters and not personally engaging with some of the key constituencies whose support he is struggling to gain, such as young voters. “He’s better in small venues,” a Biden ally said, citing retail politics as “where he thrives.” “But the downside is that means he doesn’t reach as many voters,” the person added. “The point is to reach as many voters as you can, and those small events don’t.” The campaign is applying the guarded approach to its marquee fundraiser this month with Biden and former Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, as first reported by NBC News. Organizers are discussing whether to hire a private company to vet attendees, according to three people familiar with the planning. The lowest-cost tickets will be set at a price still high enough — the campaign hopes — to interest only true supporters of Biden’s re-election effort, these people said. And the moderator of a discussion with the three presidents will be late-night host Stephen Colbert, whom the campaign sees as a low-risk, friendly choice, the people familiar with the planning said. Biden’s aides view events without disruptions as more valuable than larger ones where his message gets drowned out by protesters. They saw his Virginia speech as an inflection point that prompted them to rethink the sizes, audiences and locations of events for him and other top White House officials, including Vice President Kamala Harris. The strategy shift is driven by concern that the protests get more attention than the events’ messages and showcase divisions within the Democratic Party over Biden’s support for Israel in its war against Hamas. The Biden campaign is organizing a number of “larger-scale events over the coming weeks,” after the State of the Union address, according to a source familiar with the planning, “reaching voters where they are, including on college campuses.”
byzantium Posted March 1 Posted March 1 The complete lack of leadership from the DNC is kind of appalling. Either own your pro-genocide policy, or take action that you can be proud of. But hiding away and being a puppet of Netanyahu is not going to demonstrate why you should be running the U.S. 9
nadiamendell Posted March 1 Posted March 1 Aren’t his crowds already incredibly small? Shielding him from even more people is just… 1
Taylena Posted March 1 Posted March 1 This f*cking loser will suffer an humiliating defeat in November. 4 1
ZeroSuitBritney Posted March 1 Posted March 1 All this instead of just call for a ceasefire. I love seeing Biden lose. 4
GhostBox Posted March 1 Posted March 1 That’s usually what every campaign does. They try to make the best optics possible for their candidate 😂 1 7
GraceRandolph Posted March 1 Author Posted March 1 20 minutes ago, GhostBox said: That’s usually what every campaign does. They try to make the best optics possible for their candidate 😂 1 1
DAP Posted March 1 Posted March 1 That poor man, must be so traumatic for him to be forced to contain his bloodlust 1 2
LadyDiana Posted March 1 Posted March 1 1 hour ago, ZeroSuitBritney said: All this instead of just call for a ceasefire. I love seeing Biden lose. He is calling for it? Are we all watching the same news? 1
ZeroSuitBritney Posted March 1 Posted March 1 5 minutes ago, LadyDiana said: He is calling for it? Are we all watching the same news? A temporary ceasefire is not a real ceasefire. We need a permanent ceasefire. Furthermore, he could literally force a ceasefire by threatening to cut aid to Israel. 1
LadyDiana Posted March 1 Posted March 1 9 minutes ago, ZeroSuitBritney said: A temporary ceasefire is not a real ceasefire. We need a permanent ceasefire. Furthermore, he could literally force a ceasefire by threatening to cut aid to Israel. Not gonna happen. The moment he cuts off aid to israel, he's gonna be called antisemit.
byzantium Posted March 1 Posted March 1 31 minutes ago, LadyDiana said: Not gonna happen. The moment he cuts off aid to israel, he's gonna be called antisemit. So what? It’s better to be wrongfully called an antisemite than to enable genocide.
byzantium Posted March 1 Posted March 1 1 hour ago, GraceRandolph said: I remember when Hilary was scared to walk onto a college campus.
chessguy99 Posted March 1 Posted March 1 50 minutes ago, LadyDiana said: Not gonna happen. The moment he cuts off aid to israel, he's gonna be called antisemit. Better a humanitarian antisemite than a genocide enabler. 1
LadyDiana Posted March 1 Posted March 1 12 minutes ago, chessguy99 said: Better a humanitarian antisemite than a genocide enabler. 33 minutes ago, byzantium said: So what? It’s better to be wrongfully called an antisemite than to enable genocide. Killing of innocent Palestinians is wrong and should be stopped not now, yesterday!a But my question is, why is there no condemption of hamas october attacks on israel outside the western world?
byzantium Posted March 1 Posted March 1 28 minutes ago, LadyDiana said: Killing of innocent Palestinians is wrong and should be stopped not now, yesterday!a But my question is, why is there no condemption of hamas october attacks on israel outside the western world? Not you somehow trying to change the subject with a made up idea. Israel is committing genocide and must be stopped. We can worry about attacking countries like Sudan and Nepal for not “correctly” condemning Hamas later.
ClashAndBurn Posted March 1 Posted March 1 What an absolutely pathetic pile of human excrement. This man can't possibly croak soon enough. 1
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