President Joe Biden was not shouted down by pro-Palestinian protesters Sunday at Atlanta’s Morehouse College, but he used a commencement speech to address the anger that has fired up many other campuses and sent a key signal about his Middle East policy.
The speech at the private, all-male historically Black college was billed as a potential early touchstone of the 2024 campaign. At an event that featured only a few silent protests, Biden delivered a speech on a wide range of topics to mostly polite applause at a time he has lost support among Black voters.
Free from the distractions of protesters and hecklers that have interrupted some of his public remarks this year, Biden instead used the graduation address to urge stakeholders in the Middle East to begin discussing how post-war Gaza will be secured and governed.
