Phil Lewis: Statement from President Joe Biden on the brutal murder of Wadea Al-Fayoume, a Palestinian-American boy, in Illinois

Statement from President Joe Biden on the brutal murder of Wadea Al-Fayoume, a Palestinian-American boy, in Illinois

I can’t believe that our President who personally fanned the flames of revenge and retaliation, who gave the green light to commit ethnic cleansing if not outright genocide, has not an ounce of self-reflection as he tries nonchalantly to wipe the blood from his hands.

Amerikans will always fall back on "a few bad apples", a pathetic people.

Problem solved itself I see.

Protests solve nothing, they are a show of forces. People have already forgotten the Great March of Return.

Not the Philippines pretending to have the moral high ground.

This EXACTLY.

he pulls off “duplicitous” like an Oscar winner

Thinking about this horror and thinking about Ron Desantis saying that America shouldn't welcome Palestinian refugees makes me despise Desantis more than I thought possible.

Well he's right, insofar as they're obviously not safe with you

Oh look! A shitbird! Flying in the Bluesky!

We’re all trying to find who did this etc

Galling. He, personally, is responsible for this

The president is personally responsible for this kid’s murder?

Yes. It's easy to go from point a to b here.

So this was a serious statement that President Biden is personally responsible for this kid’s murder and it’s easy to make that case. Please don’t make it, I’m just getting clarity on the line of thinking.

There are already people on nextdoor blaming mental illness, instead of, you know, the massive amount of anti-Palestinian hate in the news

Both can be at play. But insisting he was mentally ill always seems to be used in aid of erasing the racism.

Especially when early reports are that all the propaganda is what incited this. Mentally illness only exasperated the harmful effects of that propaganda

He's talking out both sides of his mouth. He was lying about seeing photos of decapitated children just a few days ago. Now he's pretending to be upset by the consequences of his own actions.

This incident is just the worst. The absolute worst thing. How do people hate like this I will never understand.

"How do people hate like this" in country that was built on hatred and discrimination.

This is true, but I guess a small part of me wants to believe we’ve evolved somewhat beyond our horrific past. Then this happens and I know we haven’t. I still don’t understand this hate. I hope I never do. 😢

Humanity has the capacity to evolved beyond it. Capitalism doesn't find it profitable.

Thank you. I can't address this heinous fatality in my mind right now, but I'm commenting to have a link to it in the morning, when my daughter is at school, and I can address it fully..

he should stop funding and vocally supporting the bigotry

Who stabs a 6 year old 26 times just because they are Muslim? This is NOT how we should be. This is NOT who we are. Poor baby, RIP. Love for Wadih! Sickening :/

How do people still have this much hate in their hearts these days?

You really have to ask? Didn't you see the rallies calling for killing all Gazans? The millions of US tweets reveling in the possibility of genocide?

Yup. Still shocking to me. I guess humanity will never improve at this point if it hasn’t already.

Two days ago, Biden claimed that Hamas beheaded babies. He knew that was untrue when he said it, and chose to say it anyways. Watching him pretend to give a shit now is nauseating.

So so sad.

Not one mumbling word about him lying about dead Israeli babies. What an empty fraud

Really hope he'll consider then to stop sending weapons to Israel.

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