Fox News host Kaleigh McEnany said she is not willing to give President
Biden any credit for condemning demonstrations against Israel�s war in
Gaza that have broken out across college campuses in recent days, some of
which have turned violent.

�Joe Biden hails from the left, he is a Democrat president. I�m sorry, but
I give him no credit today. Zero credit today,� she said on Fox�s
afternoon talk show �Outnumbered.� �I like to give Biden credit when
credit is due. Not today.�

Biden, in remarks to reporters gathered at the White House on Thursday,
forcefully admonished Pro-Palestine demonstrators who police have clashed
with on campuses ranging from the University of California, Los Angeles,
to Columbia University in New York City.

�In moments like this, there are always those who rush in to score
political points. But this isn�t a moment for politics,� Biden said. �It�s
a moment for clarity. So let me be clear � violent protest is not
protected. Peaceful protest is.�

�Destroying property is not a peaceful protest, it�s against the law,� he
continued. �Vandalism, trespassing, breaking windows, shutting down
campuses, forcing the cancellation of classes and graduation. None of this
is a peaceful protest, threatening people, intimidating people.�

Former President Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president
this fall, has also blasted Biden�s handling of the crisis. He even
suggested earlier this week that the student demonstrators are being dealt
with more gently than those who stormed the U.S. Capitol during the Jan.
6, 2021, riots.

Leading conservative pundits and lawmakers have for days have been
blasting Biden for not speaking on the sprawling demonstrations.

�Biden speaks today because politically, the moment demanded it,� McEnany,
Trump�s one-time White House press secretary, said Thursday.

�If Donald Trump had delivered those exact same remarks in the exact same
timeline, the White House Press briefing room would be at a fever pitch, I
would be yelled at,� she added. �He would be yelled at � the former
president has been the moral authority on this issue, not the current
one.�

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