A group of 17 staffers for President Biden’s 2024 re-election have signed onto an anonymous letter protesting the president’s support for the Israeli slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza.
“Complicity in the death of over 20,000 Palestinians, 8,200 of whom are children, simply cannot be justified,” the letter reads.
The staffers said President Biden was losing support due to his full-throated for the Israeli campaign, noting that 72% of voters under 30 disapprove of his handling of the conflict. Recent polling has shown that the majority of Americans favor a ceasefire in Gaza, an idea the president opposes.
“Biden for President staff have seen volunteers quit in droves, and people who have voted blue for decades feel uncertain about doing so for the first time ever, because of this conflict,” the letter reads.
The staffers called for President Biden to use leverage to push for a ceasefire in Gaza, advocate for de-escalation in the region, end unconditional military aid to Israel, and work toward ending the Israeli occupation and other root causes of the conflict.
The letter is the latest dissent from within the Democratic Party against the Biden administration’s support for Israel. A coalition of over 500 former staffers for President Biden’s 2020 campaign and Democratic Party staff signed a similar letter in November.
There has also been internal dissent within the administration itself as hundreds of officials have signed letters protesting the war, and several have resigned. The latest to leave was Tariq Habash, who was a special assistant in the Education Department’s Office of Planning.
You Good People Rock!!! Some right on peace action!!!
A good start, but not enough. More people need to stand up to this war mongering administration before they start sending American cargo planes to Israel, to forcibly ship Palestinians off to the Congo.
Instead of the US government aiding and abetting Israel’s vast genocide and eventual suicide, Israel needs to be given shovels to dig their own graves. This premeditated mass murder will not stand, and is a guarantee of Israel’s demise.
Biden’s response would be the same as he gave Scott Ritter back in the 90’s: “It’s above your pay grade.”
They should quit. Not because he is losing, but because he is repugnant.
Staying makes them aiding and abetting a war criminal.
Damn man, you beat me to it. I had to do a doubletake when I read the headline. First thought, you’re still staffers???
Great minds and all. 😉
Absolutely they should quit. Otherwise all they are doing is staging a feint.
This is great and all, but the government itself needs to conduct an investigation into Zionist extremism, before the outside world does.
I very much agree.
No investigation required. It should be clear to all by now that zionism, at least in its present form, is a terrorist ideology. It needs to be stricken from this planet.
The staffers should quit instead and encourage others to quit as well…!
great. we will have a choice between Biden and Trump
“17 Biden for President Staffers” Not exactly taking a stand. If you are against the President that is OK, this is America. But have the courage to use your name. If no real names are used, how do we know if 17 staffers agreed with this? Why not 27 or 37?
Did anyone see that Austin had an unspecified procedure, was hospitalized, but no one told Biden?
*snickers* would be nice if that procedure involved removing his head from his ass.