President Biden was met with a few dozen anti-Israel protesters standing outside his hotel in Dallas, Texas, Thursday morning, threatening to withhold their votes if the he doesn’t change his administration’s policies towards the Gaza Strip.
The protesters held signs calling for a “ceasefire” between Israel and the terror group Hamas — which controls the three mile wide Palestinian territory of Gaza facing humanitarian concerns amid Israel’s planned ground invasion into Rafah.
They also held signs saying “In November, we will remember,” alluding to the protest movement threatening to not vote for Biden in 2024.
“If we don’t get no justice, you don’t get no sleep,” the protesters were heard yelling while waving Palestinian flags and banging on pots.
Biden, 81, has been bombarded with anti-Israel protesters for months, with signs sometimes bearing the the phrase “Genocide Joe.”
Dozens of people showed up and sat on Pennsylvania Ave. in an attempt to block the president from reaching Congress to deliver his State of the Union address earlier in March, and other groups have followed Biden around the country, disrupting his speeches and marching around hotel lobbies.
The anti-Biden administration sentiment on Gaza is largely coming from Democrats, and protest groups around the country have also called on voters to send a message in the primary election by choosing “uncommitted” on the ballot instead of voting for Biden.
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The president suffered high numbers of “uncommitted” primary voters in states like Michigan and Minnesota.
The Biden administration has maintained Israel has the right to defend itself against Hamas after the terror group launched a massive attack on Oct. 7, killing over 1,160 people.
While maintaining support for Israel, the White House has also questioned how Israel will be able to launch an invasion on Rafah, a city on the southern border of Gaza, without causing mass civilian casualties.