President Biden responded to an incident in which left-wing activists harassed Democrat Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (AZ) by while she was in the bathroom over the weekend, saying “it’s part of the process.”
“Mr. President, you’re talking about how you have 48 Democratic votes right now,” Doocy said. “The other two have been pressured over the weekend by activists. Joe Manchin had people on kayaks show up to his boat. Senator Sinema last night was chased into a restroom.”
“Do you think that those tactics are crossing a line?” Doocy asked.
“I don’t think they’re appropriate tactics, but it happens to everybody,” Biden responded. “The only people doesn’t happen to people who have Secret Service standing around them. So it’s part of the process.”
Biden downplays harassment of Sens. Sinema, Manchin: "It happens to everyone" pic.twitter.com/xVNX49qrRv
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) October 4, 2021
Biden’s comments came soon after Sinema released a statement responding to the incident.
“Yesterday, several individuals disrupted my class at Arizona State University. After deceptively entering a locked, secure building, these individuals filmed and publicly posted videos of my students without their permission — including footage taken of both my students and I using a restroom…” Sinema said. “Yesterday’s behavior was not legitimate protest. It is unacceptable for activist organizations to instruct their members to jeopardize themselves by engaging in unlawful activities such as gaining entry to closed university buildings, disrupting learning environments, and filming students in a restroom.”
“In the 19 years I have been teaching at ASU, I have committed to creating a safe and intellectually challenging environment for my students. Yesterday, that environment was breached. My students were unfairly and unlawfully victimized. This is wholly inappropriate,” she added.
Statement Following Events at ASU on Sunday pic.twitter.com/4d3BF9P8CO
— Kyrsten Sinema (@SenatorSinema) October 4, 2021
