Warren on Campus Protests: ‘I’m Grateful’ To Live in a Country Where People Can Raise Their Voices

LEMIRE: “And senator, the Biden campaign certainly stressing that it was Trump appointed justices who did indeed overturn Roe v. Wade. I want to get your take on these campus protests we have, that have consumed the news the last few days, Columbia University, a few schools out west, and many in the heartland as well. Your thoughts on the appropriateness of what the administration’s have done, what the police have done and you know, as someone who has noted, has a lot of progressive and support, are you concerned that progressives, that young voters are — are going to because of this issue, are going to break away from the president?”
Warren: “Look, I am grateful to live in a country where people can raise their voices, where they can make them heard by their elected officials. It’s crucial that any efforts at protests be peaceful and that no individuals be attacked, no one should feel threatened. This is what open dialogue is about. But we need to keep the focus on what’s happening in the Middle East. And we need to bring real pressure to bear here. Look, it is time for a ceasefire. It is long past time for a ceasefire. But we need to be pushing on the parties to get that ceasefire and we have got to open up for humanitarian aid.”
BRZEZINSKI: “Yeah.”
Warren: “Literally thousands of people are on the brink of starvation. We’ve got to get that humanitarian aid. And it’s time to get these hostages back home. They have been held for months and months and months, no one knows their medical condition. They’ve got to be brought back home. And then the biggest part, the United States must give a big shove to both parties to come to the negotiating table, work out a two-state solution where two peoples can live side by side with dignity, with self-respect, with self-determination. That’s how we need to move forward.”