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"Won't you please come to Chicago..." The Obnoxious ‘Genocide Joe’ Protesters
Biden may be in for a rerun of 1968, with a ruinous Democratic Chicago convention.
By William McGurn April 15, 2024 5:35 pm ET
(One can only hope... Wonder how those "libs" will deal with these "Peaceful Protestors?")

Progressive activists met Saturday in Chicago to discuss their plans to march on the Democratic National Convention in August. While they were meeting, Hatem Abudayyeh, national chairman for the U.S. Palestinian Community Network, announced that Iran had just launched its attack on Israel.

The crowd cheered.

So much for the idea that the protests taking place all across America are antiwar. These people cheer drones and missiles directed at Israel, chant “Death to America,” and never blame Tehran or Hamas for anything. In Chicago this weekend, the progressive organizations meeting under the banner of Palestinian liberation made clear that Joe Biden is their enemy and they plan to bring the fight to him...

“The Democrats learned in 1968 that the unrest at their convention in Chicago over Vietnam may well have cost them the presidency,” says Democratic strategist Doug Schoen. “Biden’s failure to move to the center and forthrightly defend Israel could well likewise cost the president and the Democrats a victory in November.”

Like Mr. Biden on Israel, Humphrey was split on Vietnam, having defended the war as Lyndon Johnson’s vice president even though his inclination ran the other way. The result was that Humphrey was perceived as the candidate of more war, leaving Republican Richard Nixon free to run as the man who would bring it to “an honorable end.”

Sound familiar?

The full op-ed is here:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-obnoxious-genocide-joe-protesters-2024-election-ed253565?mod=hp_opin_pos_2#cxrecs_s