Biden finally condemns pro-Palestinian agitators 'destroying' college campuses ... trends now
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President Joe Biden has finally addressed the chaos caused by pro-Palestinian protesters at college campuses across the country.
'Destroying property is not a peaceful protest. It's against the law,' he said from the Roosevelt Room Thursday. 'Vandalism, trespassing, breaking windows and shutting down campuses, forcing the cancellation of classes and graduation. None of this is peaceful protest.'
'There's the right to protest,' he continued. 'But not the right to cause chaos.'
The president was facing mounting pressure from both parties to address the havoc that has led to hundreds of arrests and damage at some of the nation's most prestigious universities.
He spoke for less than four minutes before departing for a planned trip to Wilmington, North Carolina, telling reporters as he walked out the door that he didn't want to see the National Guard deployed.
Biden also said the protests didn't change his thinking on Middle East policy.
President Joe Biden finally spoke out about the pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses Thursday
Cops face-off with pro-Palestinian students after destroying part of the encampment barricade on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles
An anti-Israel protesters is arrested after police destroy part of the encampment barricade
Police arrest a demonstrator as they clear out the UCLA Gaza encampment
Biden spoke after police brawled with protesters while smashing through barricades at UCLA's Gaza encampment after hundreds of anti-Israel students defied orders to
