Less than three weeks after Hamas brutally massacred 1,400 Israelis and more than two dozen Americans, President Joe Biden declared that “there is no place for hate in America.”
Biden’s sympathies weren’t directed at Jews, who have faced a rising number of antisemitic threats and attacks in recent weeks, but at Muslims, who he worried would be affected by their association with the religion that fueled Hamas’ brutal assault on Oct. 7.
“As Americans, we must come together and reject Islamophobia and all forms of bigotry and hatred,” Biden wrote in a post on X on Monday. “I have said repeatedly that I will not be silent in the face of hate. We must be unequivocal: There is no place in America for hate against anyone.”
A few hours later, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre faced questions from corporate media about the “potential rise of antisemitism in light of everything that’s going in Israel.”
“We have not seen any credible threats,” Jean-Pierre began.
Instead of addressing Americans’ concerns about threats towards Jews, Jean-Pierre lectured the press corps that “Muslims and those perceived to be Muslim have endured a disproportionate number of hate-fueled attacks.”
“Certainly President Biden understands that many of our Muslim, Arab, Arab-American, and Palestinian-American loved ones and neighbors are worried about the hate being directed at their communities,” she continued.
Jean-Pierre is asked about the rise of anti-Semitism in America and responds by saying “Muslims and those perceived to be
