Biden speech in South Carolina church interrupted by protesters
Protesters calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict interrupted President Joe Biden’s campaign speech Monday at a historic South Carolina church.
A handful of protesters, chanting “ceasefire now,” were quickly shouted down by chants of “four more years” by supporters, during Biden’s speech at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, the site of the 2015 murders of nine people by a white supremacist.
“I understand their passion,” Biden said, acknowledging the protesters, as well as a rift that’s divided some within the Democratic Party. “I’ve been quietly working with the Israeli government to get them to reduce and significantly get out of Gaza.”
Biden’s appearance at Mother Emanuel — coupled with his speech on Friday near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania — laid out the central theme of his 2024 campaign messaging: Voters face an existential choice between Biden, a champion of democracy, and his likely Republican opponent, former President Donald Trump, who Biden said “attempted to overturn a free and fair election by force and violence.” It’s a stark contrast the Biden campaign hopes to cement in the minds of voters during the presidential campaign.
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