Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont has drawn a parallel between the current anti-war student protests on US campuses and the protests during Lyndon B. Johnson's presidency in the late 1960s against the Vietnam War. Sanders expressed concerns that President Joe Biden's stance on Israel's war on Gaza may be alienating young voters, likening it to Johnson's Vietnam dilemma.
Sanders highlighted the significance of understanding the motivations behind the protests, emphasizing that students are not demonstrating in support of Hamas but rather against the actions of the Israeli government in Gaza. He commended the students for protesting against sustained US aid to what he referred to as a 'right-wing extremist Netanyahu government.'
