Karine Jean-Pierre Refuses To Condemn Anti-Semites Pulling Down Posters Of Kidnapped Israelis | Eastern North Carolina Now

    Publisher's Note: This post appears here courtesy of the The Daily Wire. The author of this post is Ryan Saavedra.

    White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre refused to condemn hundreds of anti-Semites who have been shown in numerous recent viral videos pulling down posters of Israeli nationals who were kidnapped by Hamas.

    The posters have been put up in cities across the world - although most have been in the U.S. and in Europe - and a large number of video clips have emerged of anti-Semites pulling down the posters shortly after they were put up.

    Jean-Pierre was asked about the matter during Tuesday's White House press conference, specifically if the White House believes those who are tearing down the posters "should be condemned" or if they believe that pulling down the posters constitutes a form of "peaceful protest."

    "Look, I, eh, I, I, I've sort of kind of seen the reporting here and there, I think it was from last week, right?" Jean-Pierre responded.

    The reporter quickly noted "there's been like 30 million videos that have gone around on this."

    "No, I know. I hear you. I hear you," she responded. "I'm just not going to. We're not going to, I'm not going-"

    When pressed again on whether people should be pulling down the posters of kidnapped Israelis, Jean-Pierre responded, "I'm just not going to go into specifics on that particular thing."

    She said that there were "real violent protests and threats that are happening right now" and that's what the administration was focused on.

    When pressed again on the matter, she once again refused to give an answer.

    After garnering significant backlash online over her inability to condemn those who were engaged in covering up the actions committed by Hamas terrorists on October 7, Jean-Pierre was forced to publish a post on X condemning the act of pulling down the posters.

    "As a result of the Hamas terrorist attacks, communities and families are grieving," she said. "For the past month, the families of those who have been taken hostage have lived in agony. Tearing down pictures of their loved ones - who are being held hostage by Hamas - is wrong and hurtful."

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A majority of Americans still believe in OUR 1st Amendment guaranteed Freedom of Speech; however, at what bold point does the constitutional right to Free Speech becomes unabashed anti-Semitic Hate Speech, and while it should possibly be tolerated on our college campuses, and on the streets of mostly Sanctuary Cities, these events should be rightfully observed and scrupulously monitored ... or, not? What is your true opinion of when too much of enough is just too much, or not?

  The answer to Free Speech I don't agree with is more, and incredibly robust Free Speech.

  There is a point when Free Speech becomes counter productive to sustaining a peaceful society.

  Free Speech should only be tolerated if it represents the status quo of the highly educated orthodoxy.

  Early in life, I learned to speak only when I am spoken to.

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