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At Least One Pro-Palestinian Protestor Arrested Outside of Biden’s Visit to Detroit

May 20, 2024 | 11:42 AM

Photo: Junfu Han ~ USA TODAY NETWORK

DETROIT, May 20, 2024 ~ President Joe Biden visited Detroit Sunday for outreach with Black voters, though not everyone in the metro Detroit community gave him a warm welcome.

While Biden spoke at the 69th annual Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner for the NAACP Detroit branch in Huntington Place, hundreds of pro-Palestinian protestors gathered outside to protest Biden and call out guests for attending the event amid the president’s support for Israel amid its military campaign into the Gaza Strip that has killed over 35,000 people. At least one protestor was arrested outside the event, where Biden took shots at former President Donald Trump by calling him “unhinged.”

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May 20, 2024 ~ President Joe Biden was the keynote speaker at the 69th annual Fight for Freedom Fund Dinner for the NAACP Detroit branch, as he hopes to regain support from Black voters in the area. Guy Gordon, Lloyd Jackson, and Jamie Edmonds talk with Oakland University professor Dave Dulio about the polling of the rematch between Biden and former President Donald Trump. Photo: Junfu Han ~ USA Today Network

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