Many voters believe, with good reason, that none of this would have happened without Bidenā€™s assent. Biden has continued to speak of Israelā€™s attack on Palestinian civilians using the absurd language of ā€œself-defenseā€. He has insulted Jewish Americans and the memory of the Holocaust by invoking them to justify the slaughter. And though his White House repeatedly leaks that he is ā€œprivatelyā€ dismayed by Israelā€™s conduct of the war, he has done little to stop the flow of US money and guns that support it.

Even after the US state department issued a vexed and mealy-mouthed report on Israelā€™s conduct, which nevertheless concluded that it was reasonable to assess that Israel was in violation of international humanitarian law, the Biden administration has continued to fund these violations. That state department report was published on 10 May. The Biden administration told Congress that it intends to move forward with a $1bn arms sale to Israel. ā€œOK, [Israel] likely broke the law, but not enough to change policy,ā€ is how one reporter summarized the administrationā€™s judgment. ā€œSo, what is the point of the report? I mean, in the simplest terms, whatā€™s the point?ā€

Meanwhile, Biden has expressed public disdain for the Americans ā€“ many of whom he needs to vote for him ā€“ who have taken to protest on behalf of Palestinian lives. Speaking with evident approval of the violent police crackdowns against anti-genocide student demonstrations, he said coolly: ā€œDissent must never lead to disorder.ā€

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    Associating Joe Biden so closely with genocide demonstrates a lack of capacity for understanding nuance. Supporting Israel doesnā€™t automatically equate to supporting Netanyahuā€™s genocide in Gaza, but it does indicate support for the Israeli (and by extension, Jewish) right to exist. One can simultaneously protest the genocide in Gaza and support a friendly, cooperative Israel.

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      The United States is committing genocide against the Palestinian people in the same way that you would be committing murder if you hired a hitman to kill someone

      We are knowingly providing Israel with the funds and arms to commit genocide. Therefore, we are committing genocide. Therefore, Biden is committing genocide.

      Trump is worse. But Biden is the worst president since Nixon, and possibly since the Native American Genocides successfully ended.

      He is a monster. No matter how much student debt he forgives or how many roads he claims to build