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Democrats are in full hand-wringing mode over the anti-Israel protests on campus. The louder the protesters scream about “Free Palestine,” the more nervous the Democrats become.
Theyknowthattherearen’tmanypotentialDonaldTrumpvotersyellingantisemiticepithetsatJewishstudentsfrom“GazaLiberationZones.”ThesewereJoeBidenvotersin2020andmayyetbeagain.Infact,asclosearaceasthe2024presidentialraceisgoingtobe.Bidenisgoingtoneedtheseantisemitestowin.
AsmuchasDemocratswanttosympathizewiththepro-Hamasprotesters,theyknowtheyhavetowalkafineline.
“Thelongertheycontinue,andtheworsethattheyget,theworseit’sgoingtobefortheelectionoverall,”oneHouseDemocrattoldAxios.
Theprotests,theanonymousDemocraticlawmakerwarned,are“bringingout[thepublic’s]mostconservativeside.”
Rep.AnnieKuster(D-N.H.),chairoftheNewDemocratCoalition,saidthatmanyofherfellowDemocrats“havebeen,kindof,holdingback”oncommentingabouttheprotests.
“It’scomplicatedenoughforuswi
