By Ray Cardello for April 26, 2024, Season 26 / Post 6

Joe Biden uses his mouthpiece, Karine Jean Pierre, to detail his stance on every American deserving their Constitutional right to Free Speech. KJP will refer to all of her coined responses in her massive notebook. They are lines that could be written by a 5th grade class given the assignment to define Free Speech. She repeats the lines, ” The President has been clear,” ” The President has been forceful,” ” MAGA Republicans are the biggest obstacle to Free Speech,” “Donald Trump hates America.” Actually, if you go to any page of her book, you will find these same mindless lines. Her book could be condensed to a single page. Leaders are more than catchphrases. They are about action. Let’s analyze some of the President’s actions that show little belief in Freedom of Speech.

Student Protests on Campuses Across America: We should not have to translate our President’s comments when our colleges and universities turned into encampments of hate. On Day 1, when it was obvious that these were not organic demonstrations by students, the President should have addressed the country and assured Jewish faculty and students that if these private institutions could not protect their safety, the Federal Government would step in, treat these left-wing funded demonstrations as hate crimes and shut them down. These are not peaceful protests about Palestinian and Gaza’s rights when their primary focus is anti-Israel and anti-Jew. When students and faculty were threatened strictly because of their religion or homeland, a leader would have stepped in, removed the tent cities, arrested the instigators who funded the demonstrations and restored safety and dignity to these elite institutions. He would have returned the students to their classrooms.

Is Free Speech Putting A Gag Order And Confining Your Opponent To A Courtroom? Joe Biden has weaponized his Justice Department against Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr, and do not let him absolve himself of this heinous act. At a time when our AG and DOJ should be working overtime to seal the border, identify hostile people allowed to enter our country, and shut down the Chinese assault in every corner of America, they are creating new bogus charges against Trump and denying security for Kennedy along with access to ballots. Are these the actions of a man with a grasp of First Amendment rights? I think not.

Joe Biden Is Politically Conflicted Preventing Needed Leadership: A clear example of this dilemma is his failure to recognize and condemn students praising and pledging allegiance to Hamas, a definite terrorist organization funded by Iran. He will not speak out and acknowledge these students are wrong and possibly committing a crime by claiming to be Hamas because he will not offend the Squad and perhaps put Michigan in play for Trump. This is not leadership by Biden but a politician riding the polls. A true leader would make the right decision for the country and not hide behind the polls and his feckless Press Secretary, KJP. Good luck finding Biden amongst the weeds he has set up to hide the shortcomings of this man and his Presidency.