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If we are to sustain our democracy it is important that we take action and continue to maintain what we have created.

The Jewish community, I want you to know, I see your fear, your hurt, and your pain. Let me reassure you, as your president, you're not alone. You belong. You always have and you always will.

Biden, of course, is called an incursion into Raffa a, quote, red line.

If we are to sustain our democracy it is important that we take action and continue to maintain what we have created.

The government has a critical role in leveling the playing field.

We are going to try to figure out how do we actually talk more to the undocumented folks?

We are not an authoritarian nation where we silence people or squash dissent.

There’s the right to protest, but not the right to cause chaos.

They were opposed to the major massive ground invasion. There were opposed to not setting up many humanitarian corridors.

The Biden administration has tried a strategy from the start which was hugging Israel close, support it publicly and privately express your disagreements.

Destroying property is not a peaceful protest. It's against the law. Vandalism, trespassing, breaking windows, shutting down campuses, forcing the cancellation of classes and graduations, none of this is a peaceful protest.

We are not an authoritarian nation where we silence people or squash dissent, but neither are we a lawless country. We are a civil society. An order must prevail. There's the right to protest, but not the right to cause chaos.

Vandalism, trespassing, breaking windows, shutting down campuses, forcing the cancellation of classes and graduations, none of this is a peaceful protest. Threatening people, intimidating people, instilling fear in people is not a peaceful…

Given how important this obviously is, my only regret is that we didn't have an opportunity to talk about it 24 hours ago.

Thank you for your comments. Always thoughtful, always thoughtful.

But my hope is, on a serious note, my hope is that the issues we just discussed... we can keep at it today and see if we can't find a way to yes that is reasonable and acceptable to all of us.

Thank you for those words, and thank you for your partnership.

I want to thank our members for being here today.