Fox Business' Charles Payne on pro-Palestinian student protests: “Even the notion of an encampment is a physical threat”
Payne: “Maybe the National Guard should have been sent in a long time ago”
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Citation From the May 1, 2024, edition of Fox News' America Reports
CHARLES PAYNE (FOX BUSINESS HOST): I think what we heard from the White House really is one of the reasons these protests have gone this far, have gotten out of control. And, you know, you've gotta have strong leadership, you can't equivocate. And listen, politics cannot play a role in this. Even the congressman you just spoke to continuously saying well, on both sides. This is not one of those both side things, right? This is one specific issue at one specific time, and that's the threat to American Jews in this country, and the White House should have said something a long time ago.
Maybe the National Guard should have been sent in a long time ago. New York state, the governor should have done something a long time ago. The city should have done something a long time ago. Things like “well, it's private property, we can't do this, we can't do that," all of the excuses, all of the “well there's another side to the discussion." Not when it comes to threatening people's lives. Not when it comes to threatening people's freedom. Not when it comes — even the notion of an encampment is a physical threat. And we have allowed that to happen as a nation. We watched it happen and we let — and our leaders let it happen.