Biden does not plan to visit the Columbia protest while in New York, campaign officials said
President Joe Biden will be in New York City on Friday, but White House and campaign officials said there has been no internal discussion about him visiting Columbia University.
Some protesters say the Biden administration is complicit in the deaths of thousands of civilians in Gaza.
A group of senior White House officials has traveled to cities with large Muslim and Arab populations in recent weeks to meet with local community leaders and hear their concerns – gatherings that have sometimes prompted calls for boycotts.
White House spokesman Andrew Bates said Tuesday that the White House is monitoring “closely” the protests on college campuses and that Biden is taking seriously his conversations with community leaders about the current “painful moment.”