Across the country, videos have emerged of antisemitic Democrats tearing down posters of the hundreds of Israeli civilians who are being held hostage by the radical Islamic terrorists of Hamas.
However, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre wasn’t sure whether to condemn the practice.
NBC News White House correspondent Peter Alexander asked about the White House’s position on these confrontations.
“There’s been on social media — and frankly on news broadcasts — a lot of videos of individuals who have been tearing down signs, many of these taking place in New York City, of Israelis presently being held hostage in Gaza. There have been some tense confrontations that have taken place there. Is the White House’s view that these actions should be condemned, the pulling down of them, or that that’s a form of peaceful protest?” Alexander asked at a press conference Tuesday.
Jean-Pierre denied knowing very much about the destroyed posters. “Look, I haven’t — I’ve sort of, kind of seen the reporting here and there. I think it was from last week,” she said.
Alexander clarified, “There’s been like 30 million videos that have got around.”
“No, I know. I hear you. I’m just not going to — We’re not going to — I’m not going…” Jean-Pierre stumbled.
Alexander interrupted, “Is that peaceful protest to pull that down, or they not be doing that?”
Flatfooted, Jean-Pierre gave a non-answer. She said, “I’m just not going to go into specifics on that particular thing. What I can say [is] there are real but violent protests and threats that are happening right now. And senior administration officials are aware of these reports which are deeply concerning. And that is something that we’re focused on, right?”
Alexander concluded, “So, to be clear it’s deeply concerning that people would be pulling these things down… I’d be grateful if you’d take the question just to see if there is a position that the White House has.”
Jean-Pierre wouldn’t condemn the destruction of posters of Jews being held hostage by terrorists.
She said —
I’m just saying as it relates to a lot of reporting out there about violent protests and threats. And so I can speak to that. I can speak to the frequency of threats that we’re seeing to [the] Jewish community to the Arab American community to the Muslim communities in the United States since Oct. 7…
Obviously, DOJ and FBI are working with local law enforcement on those threats, and of course that is deeply concerning to us. And so that is what we’re going to work on.
The White House press secretary clarified her position later in a tweet.
“For the past month, the families of those who have been taken hostage have lived in agony,” Jean-Pierre tweeted Tuesday after the press conference. “Tearing down pictures of their loved ones – who are being held hostage by Hamas – is wrong and hurtful.”
Take a look —
NYC – New York County public defender Victoria Ruiz caught removing posters of Israeli children kidnapped by Hamas terrorists.
It is absolutely unacceptable for someone with such bias and hate to serve in your office @nyc_defenders pic.twitter.com/mOwajkuArt
— StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) November 5, 2023
As a result of the Hamas terrorist attacks, communities and families are grieving. For the past month, the families of those who have been taken hostage have lived in agony. Tearing down pictures of their loved ones – who are being held hostage by Hamas – is wrong and hurtful.
— Karine Jean-Pierre (@PressSec) November 7, 2023
Jean-Pierre also claimed to be unfamiliar with similar reporting on U.S.-Israel relations.
The White House invited Canadian poet Rupi Kaur to celebrate the Indian holiday Diwali, only for Kaur to decline the invitation in protest of U.S. aid to Israel.
At Tuesday’s press conference, another reporter asked Jean-Pierre for a response to Kaur.
The reporter asked, “Rupi Kaur recently posted that she has rejected the White House’s invitation to the Diwali celebration, adding that she was surprised that the administration finds it acceptable to celebrate Diwali when their support for the current atrocities against Palestinians represents the exact opposite of what this holiday means to many of us. Do you have a response?”
Jean-Pierre denied any knowledge of Kaur’s statement.
“I have not seen that reporting. So, I can’t really comment to it directly. What I can say is that the president’s been very clear on the conflict that we’re obviously seeing between Israel and Hamas,” Jean-Pierre said.
“Everybody has their own opinion.”
It seems a lot of Democrats openly share the same opinion as Nazis these days.
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