‘He Made a Good Speech’: Biden Defends Schumer’s Criticism of Israeli Government
Published on March 15, 2024
WASHINGTON— President Joe Biden defended the comments made by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who called for a change in government in Israel five months into the war in Gaza. “Senator Schumer contacted my staff, my senior staffer, [to say] that he was going to make that speech. And I’m not going to elaborate on the speech,” President Biden told reporters on March 15. “He made a good speech, and I think he expressed a serious concern shared not only by him but by many Americans,” he added. President Biden made these comments during his bilateral meeting with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar in the Oval Office....