The Republican candidate for President of the United States, Donald Trump, said this Wednesday (1st) that “it was a beautiful thing to see” New York police officers entering a Columbia University building occupied by pro-Palestinian protesters.
The former president called the people protesting “angry lunatics and Hamas sympathizers.”
“New York was under siege last night,” Trump told his supporters at a campaign rally in Wisconsin. He praised police officers for arresting around 300 protesters.
Republicans have accused some university administrators of turning a blind eye to anti-Semitic rhetoric and harassment.
The October 7 attack on southern Israel by members of Hamas and the subsequent Israeli offensive triggered the largest wave of student protests in the United States since the anti-racism demonstrations in 2020.
“Your cities and towns will now accept people from Gaza and many other places,” Trump claimed, referring to reports about plans by President Joe Biden’s administration to accept some refugees from Gaza. The crowd booed in response.
CBS News said it has obtained internal U.S. government documents that show U.S. officials have discussed different options for resettling Palestinians who have been displaced by the fighting in Gaza after they pass screening tests.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre noted on Wednesday that the government was studying a plan to relocate some Palestinian refugees who are relatives of Americans.
Last week, Trump described the pro-Palestine protests as being motivated by “tremendous hatred,” while also claiming that violence at a 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, when he was president, was small in comparison. to currently.
Joe Biden's aides said the president supports peaceful protests but stands against violent rhetoric, hate speech and physical intimidation, placing special emphasis on condemning anti-Semitism on college campuses.
Trump held rallies on Wednesday in the states of Wisconsin and Michigan, as polls show him in a tight race with Biden ahead of the November 5 elections.
The former president's visit to the two states marked his first major campaign events since the start of his criminal trial in New York on April 15, in which he is accused of falsifying business records relating to a secret payment to a star. of adult films.
Source: CNN Brasil
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