Democrat insists Joe Biden 'will get out there' to college campuses as ... trends now

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A top Democrat and Biden campaign surrogate said the president will visit college campuses rocked by pro-Palestinian protests as the topic has been blossoming into a major voting issue six months out from the election.

'I think the president should and will get out there on campuses,' Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., said in an interview with CBS News Sunday. 

Khanna's office and the White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on when the potential college visit could happen.  

The California Democrat has been traveling across the country, most recently to Wisconsin, meeting with students and voters to gauge their priorities for the November election.

'In Wisconsin the issues that came up first were abortion, second the cost of living and what president was going to do on student loans and for housing and rent,' Khanna said, adding that 'Gaza came up' too. 

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'We have to understand this is a defining moment for this generation, similar to anti-Vietnam protests, anti-apartheid protests, [and] anti-Iraq war protests and they want to see leadership in America and around the world.' 

'This is not the world that they want,' Khanna continued.

Pro-Palestinian protests across U.S. colleges in recent weeks have led to thousands of arrests and constant unrest on campus as students camp out on university property often chanting through megaphones and setting up makeshift villages. 

The movement first began at Columbia University before spreading to colleges nationwide.