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How Gaza Protesters Are Challenging Democratic Leaders

In Detroit, a congressman’s holiday party devolved into chaos and a broken nose after demonstrators protesting the war in Gaza appeared with bullhorns.

In Fort Collins, Colo., the mayor abruptly ended a meeting during which protesters demanding a cease-fire in Gaza glued their hands to a wall.

And in places as disparate as a historic church in South Carolina and Radio City Music Hall in Manhattan, President Biden has been heckled and drowned out by demonstrators objecting to his support for Israel.

Protests over the Biden administration’s handling of the war are disrupting the activities of Democratic officials from city halls to Congress to the White House, complicating their ability to campaign — and, at times, govern — during a pivotal election year.

Mr. Biden successfully avoided a messy primary fight, facing no viable opposition within his party. But the Gaza conflict has stoked intraparty tensions nonetheless, raising Democratic concerns that a sustained movement protesting a war thousands of miles away could depress turnout at home in November.

“If you are now organizing people to walk away from supporting the president, then you are now de facto supporting and helping Trump,” Senator John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, a Democrat who has disappointed progressives with his unflinching support of Israel, said in an interview this past week. “If you’re going to play with fire that way, then you need to own the burn.”

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 @L3ftLeaningRonnieGreen from Minnesota commented…2mos2MO

You know what IS THREATENING ? 3 BOMBS WHEN YOU RIDE YOUR CAR TO GET FOOD TO PEOPLE. THAT's a THREAT. These people who SUPPORT BOMBING & STARVING INNOCENTS GET TO WALK THE WALK OF THEIR ACTIONS. They can't handle it? THEN GET OUT.

 @NiftyProgressiveAmerican Solidarity from Florida disagreed…2mos2MO

Just what I thought. Another terrorist supporter.

 @L3ftLeaningRonnieGreen from Minnesota disagreed…2mos2MO

I' a HUMAN supporter, ET. Something you clearly do not understand. It wasn't Hamas who did NAKBA or murdered these aid workers.

 @NiftyProgressiveAmerican Solidarity from Florida disagreed…2mos2MO

You support terrorists. Quit trying to pretend your life has meaning. It does not. Another pathetic excuse for a human Another grifter. GTF out of here

 @ISIDEWITHasked…2mos2MO

How would you balance the right to protest with the need for political leaders to perform their duties without interruption?

 @ISIDEWITHasked…2mos2MO

Should internal party criticisms and protests be viewed as damaging unity or as a healthy aspect of democracy?

 @ISIDEWITHasked…2mos2MO

Can the act of protesting against a political leader's stance on an international issue be seen as betraying your own country or as a form of necessary democratic expression?

 @ISIDEWITHasked…2mos2MO

Do you believe that protesting a war in another country can effectively influence political leaders' decisions?

 @ISIDEWITHasked…2mos2MO

How do you feel about using physical disruptions (like breaking a nose or gluing hands to walls) as a form of protest?

 @EnderKilgannon  from Indiana commented…2mos2MO

We need bipartisan support to correctly assess and decide on what to do in Israel and Palestine, however the challenge of those of us who are polarized is not going to provide unbiased answers. I believe in a 2 state solution with protections for both. However, I do not and most of us do not know the inner workings, under the table, and classified reasons we support Israel as we do. Perhaps there is more to this than we are privy to knowing. So let the politicians fight it out, take it to a vote. The little people may speak up but we also don't have all the details.

 @SolidGiraffePatriotfrom New York commented…2mos2MO

Hamas terrorist supporters: WE doN't hAtE JEws, wE HaTe ZiOniSts...

A refrain so dripping in antisemitism, it barely qualifies as a dog whistle.

 @MildWhitingRepublican from Virginia disagreed…2mos2MO

The bigotry of low expectations.

 @WondrousRadicalVeteran from Minnesota commented…2mos2MO

Unflinching Israel apologist: "Hamas terrorist supporters."

A refrain so indiscriminately dripping in us-vs-them inflammatory contempt it cannot conceal the demagoguery it is.

 @BicameralCoatiDemocratfrom Texas commented…2mos2MO

Was confused also by use of ‘democratic’ - this just means here Democrats are now beholding to pro-Hamas base (which the nytimes totally abets as is this entire Jr staff of whom they are terrified)

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