Student protests over the Israel-Hamas war that have popped up at many college campuses are meant to put heat on Joe Biden’s administration for funding the war effort. And that could be good news for Donald Trump.
Former GOP Congressman Joe Walsh went on a social media tirade Tuesday to make that argument.
On the politics: What’s happening right now on our college campuses will only help get Trump elected. Why? Because average, middle class Americans - white, black, and brown - who work their asses off every day and follow the rules as best as they can, are not going to f---ing tolerate wealthy, entitled, keffiyeh-wearing college students praising the Hamas resistance, calling for the genocide of Israel, and destroying college property. That’s why,” Walsh wrote.
“And these average Americans will take it out on Democrats. They will.”
Many of the students are calling for universities to separate themselves from companies that are advancing Israel’s military efforts in Gaza — and in some cases from Israel itself. The number of arrests nationwide has approached 1,000 since New York police arrested demonstrators at Columbia on April 18.
Protests on many campuses have been orchestrated by coalitions of student groups.
The groups largely act independently, though students say they’re inspired by peers at other universities. Some universities say outsiders have joined student protesters and caused trouble.
The protests have spread to Canada and Europe, with French police removing dozens of students from the Sorbonne university after pro-Palestinian protesters occupied the main courtyard.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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