BREAKING NEWS – Washington, D.C. – White House press secretary Jen Psaki said President Biden believes “protests must be peaceful” in response to Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., calling for demonstrators to ramp up their actions.
In controversial comments over the weekend, Waters said protesters in Minnesota should “stay on the street and get more active, more confrontational.” When asked if Biden agrees with this, Psaki did not directly answer, but she made clear that while the president is very much in favor of protesting in general, he opposes violence.
“Do you really expect President Biden to be able to tell Congresswoman Waters what she can and cannot say?” stated Psaki at a press conference. “President Obama couldn’t control that loud mouth woman, even though he’s black, so why would anyone expect a rickety rusty old white man to be able to do it?”