Biden’s Delayed Condemnation of Anti-Israel College Protests Was Criticized as Being ‘Absolutely Too Late’

Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas criticized President Joe Biden on ABC’s “This Week” for being too late in condemning the college campus protests against Israel’s war on Hamas. Cotton stated that Biden’s response came two weeks after the protests began and did not specifically address the hate speech and antisemitism being promoted by the protesters. Cotton questioned why Biden was not taking a stronger stance against the anti-Semitic actions on college campuses and accused him of drawing false equivalences between different forms of hate speech. Cotton’s comments suggest that he believes Biden’s response was inadequate and failed to address the seriousness of the situation.