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The White House issued a brutal response Monday to what it said was the "inappropriate" nickname President Biden has been given by critics of his support for Israel amid its war with Hamas terrorists.

Dubbed "Genocide Joe," Biden has increasingly become the target of far-
left protests across the country, including by some in his own party
accusing him of supporting an effort to wipe out Gaza and the Palestinian people.

"We're not worried about nicknames and bumper stickers. I mean, it's First Amendment free speech. The president's focused on … making sure that we
can continue to support Israel as they fight a terrible terrorist group, Hamas," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby initially told New
York Post reporter Steven Nelson, who asked him for a response to the
nickname during the White House press briefing.

DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST MEMBERS OF CONGRESS HAVE NOT CONDEMINED VIOLENT ANTI- ISRAEL PROTEST TARGETING OWN PARTY HQ

Kirby then shifted his response to blast those using the term "genocide"
in a context outside of referring to the express goal of Hamas: the
complete eradication of Jews.

"People can say what they want on the sidewalk, and we respect that.
That's what the First Amendment is about. But this word genocide is
getting thrown around in a pretty inappropriate way by lots of different folks," he said.

"What Hamas wants, make no mistake about it, is genocide. They want to
wipe Israel off the map. They've said so publicly on more than one
occasion, in fact, just recently. And they've said that they're not going
to stop," he said, adding that attacks like that of Oct. 7 would continue
to happen "again and again and again."

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-issues-brutal-response- inappropriate-nickname-anti-israel-critics

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