Congressional Democrats are struggling to coalesce around a unified message as antisemitic and at times violent anti-Israel protests play out on college campuses.
The demonstrations, which have led to mass arrests as students break campus rules and the law, have been condemned by Democratic leaders, but some lawmakers have been more forceful than others as the issue threatens to weigh the party down ahead of the 2024 elections.
Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI), tasked with getting Senate Democrats elected as chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, emphasized the First Amendment in defending the campus protests.
“People have a right to protest and get out and speak their mind. And that’s what we’re seeing happen,” Peters told the Washington Examiner. “You have protests on both sides of the issue. People are very passionate about the
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