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Rep. Summer Lee, a progressive Democrat from Pennsylvania who precocious visited pro-Palestinian protesters astatine a Pittsburgh campus, said Sunday that "we don't" perceive if assemblage students are excited to ballot for President Biden this upcoming November.
"It's not a taxable that, you know, ever comes up, but it does a lot," Lee said connected Sunday. "They're looking for immoderate benignant of acknowledgement from our leadership, that they perceive our needs, that they perceive these young group saying that we want our country, we want our authorities to spell successful a different direction."
- Transcript: Rep. Summer Lee connected "Face nan Nation," April 28, 2024
Lee visited student protesters successful her territory astatine nan University of Pittsburgh connected Thursday wherever she sewage an appraisal of students' attitudes toward voting for Mr. Biden. The news comes arsenic a new CBS News canvass recovered that Mr. Biden are successful a tight title — efficaciously moreover — pinch erstwhile President Donald Trump successful Pennsylvania, arsenic good arsenic successful 2 different battleground states, Michigan and Wisconsin.
Lee, who has been captious of Israel's subject actions successful Gaza, won her primary title successful Pennsylvania's 12th District connected Tuesday pinch a important margin. The title served arsenic a first trial of whether Democratic incumbents, particularly those successful nan "Squad" of left-wing, progressive Democrats successful Congress, would beryllium wounded by their guidance to Israel's subject run successful Gaza.
Rep. Summer Lee connected "Face nan Nation," April 28, 2024.
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The Democratic force successful nan primary, Bhavini Patel, ran as much of a mean and challenged Lee's willingness to break pinch Mr. Biden's support for Israel. Lee was 1 of nan 36 Democrats and 21 Republicans past week who voted against nan House measure that will supply $26.4 cardinal to Israel. She besides was 1 of nan first lawmakers successful nan autumn to telephone for a cease-fire successful Gaza.
"Face nan Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan asked Lee really she tin inquire progressives to ballot for Mr. Biden successful November if a cease-fire is "such a matter of conscience." Lee said, conscionable for illustration successful each predetermination cycle, she urges voters to look astatine nan totality of a campaigner and not conscionable 1 issue.
"When we look astatine an predetermination for illustration mine, we've seen really celebrated it is to return a pro-peace stance, really celebrated it is to telephone for a different guidance successful nan policies that nan United States has towards nan warfare successful Gaza, towards sending unconditional weapons, violative weapons to Netanyahu," Lee said. "Our authorities still has clip to react, we still person clip to perceive to nan folks who person feelings astir that."
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu connected Wednesday said U.S. assemblage protesters are "antisemitic mobs" and that nan demonstrations are "reminiscent of what happened successful German universities successful nan 1930s."
Lee said she had seen first-hand solidarity among the students, including Jewish students, and she based on that Netanyahu doesn't want to perceive to their message.
"This thought that each disapproval of Israel is antisemitic is dangerous," Lee said Sunday connected "Face nan Nation." "When you're connected nan ground, you spot that each of those students person been moving together aliases had been learning and educating together and they are each successful 1 sound crying for a quality successful direction, peculiarly from Benjamin Netanyahu. So I'm not shocked that he would want to formed them arsenic evil."
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