Demonstrators calling for an immediate cease-fire and an end to the war in Gaza have become a hallmark of Democratic events.
A pro-Palestinian demonstrator yells at a supporter of Rep. Adam Schiff during Schiff's Senate primary election night party on March 5 in Los Angeles. Early this month, protesters confronted Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at a Brooklyn theater, demanding that she call the Israel-Hamas war “a genocide.”Cut through the 2024 election noise. Get The Campaign Moment newsletter.
The sustained and ubiquitous nature of the protests have distracted from the message that Democrats are hoping to send and highlighted a key vulnerability that Democrats fear could hurt them in the November election.“The persistence of these is really striking, and that’s probably why it’s really making it a headache for anyone in a position of authority at this point, and it’s the Democrats right now,” said Dave Clark, professor of political science of Binghamton University.
But the Democratic Party in recent days has been taking a tougher line on the Israeli government. On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer — the highest-ranking Jewish official in the United States and a close ally of Israel — delivered a dramatic speech on the floor of the Senate, calling for the Israeli government to hold new elections to avoid becoming an international “pariah” under the leadership of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his right-wing cabinet.
That has not fully succeeded: A protester interrupted the president during a March 9 rally in Atlanta, shouting “Genocide Joe” and “Free Palestine,” as he was quickly carried out by security. “Look, thank you,” Biden said. “Look, I don’t resent — I don’t resent — I don’t resent his passion. There’s a lot of Palestinians who are being unfairly victimized.”
The protesters are even directing their ire at progressive Democrats, including some like Rep. Maxwell Frost and Ocasio-Cortez, both of whom signed an October resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire. Other Democrats similarly say they respect activism and freedom of speech, and thus welcome what they view as healthy debate — even if protesters sometimes distract from the intended message of an event.“It isn’t something I tend to see as scary,” Sen. Tina Smith said. “It’s part of the Democratic process.”
“It wouldn’t make sense to have big rallies,” he said. “You have big rallies when you want to turn people out, get people to volunteer.”
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