Pro-Palestine protesters chanted “cease-fire now” amid the Israel-Hamas war over President Biden’s speech at the site of a 2015 South Carolina church shooting.
President Biden was drowned out by pro-Palestinian protesters chanting “cease-fire now” inside Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, on Monday.
As the president spoke during a campaign event at the site of the 2015 massacre where authorities said an admitted white supremacist shot and killed nine Black worshipers, a protester interrupted, shouting, “If you really care about the lives lost here, then you should honor the lives and call for a cease-fire in Palestine.”
“Cease-fire now! Cease-fire now!” the demonstrators chanted, as Biden insisted, “That’s all right.”
As the demonstrators were swiftly escorted out of the church pews, Biden’s supporters soon chanted back, “Four more years!”
“I understand their passion,” Biden said of the demonstrators. “And I’ve been quietly working, I’ve been quietly working with the Israeli government to get them to reduce and significantly get out of Gaza using all that I can to do that. I understand the passion.”
Another attendee shouted to Biden, “You’re an understanding person.”
“They don’t realize that. You’re a good man,” the woman added, garnering applause.
Biden thanked her and continued his speech by referencing the recent three-year anniversary of the Jan.
