White House Condemns Student Protester Who Advocated About ‘Murdering Zionists’

The White House has condemned anti-Semitic remarks from a Columbia University student protest organizer who said, “Zionists don’t deserve to live in this world.” Andrew Bates, the White House deputy press secretary, said in a statement on April 26 that spreading this kind of “dangerous” rhetoric should “serve as a wakeup call.” “It is hideous to advocate for the murder of Jews,” Mr. Bates said. “President Biden has been clear that violent rhetoric, hate speech, and Antisemitic remarks have no place in America whatsoever, and he will always stand against them.” The statement came after a now-viral video resurfaced of student leader Khymani James, 20, who now leads Columbia University’s anti-Israel Gaza Solidarity Encampment, suggesting that people should be “grateful” he wasn’t “just going out and murdering Zionists.”...