Joe Biden has, to his credit, taken clear stances on two matters: (1) whether the US would defend Taiwan if China attacked it (Biden says yes), and (2) whether to be pro-Israel in the context of the current post-10/7/23 attack on Israel (again, yes*). I happen to agree with both of these positions. As you might imagine, Hamas sympathizers who would normally be pro-left (and therefore pro-Biden) are furious at Biden's stance.
This leads us to the "mostly peaceful" pro-Hamas "gathering" in front of the White House that just happened. The angry crowd was blocked by police and Secret Service members from rushing the White House while the demonstrators chanted "Fuck Joe Biden!" The obvious question being bitterly posed by the right is whether this attempt to storm the White House will be viewed as an insurrection, and whether participants in the chaos will be arrested and imprisoned without trial à la the J6 prisoners. I think we all know the answer to that: Biden's administration will make no important arrests for fear of appearing racist.
This certainly leaves a person on the right with at least somewhat mixed feelings. A rightie can agree with the "Fuck Joe Biden" sentiment, but the crowd's being pro-Hamas is another matter: most conservatives are more sympathetic with Israel. (But if the Instapundit commentariat, taken as a whole, is the metric to go by, there are plenty of anti-Israel conservatives out there, too. I think these people are that way just to be anti-Biden.)
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*However, Biden has tried to placate the mob by saying he's doing what he can to "get Israel out of Gaza." So he may be a squishy ally at best.
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