ATLANTA — President Joe Biden spoke to Atlanta radio host Big Tigger in an interview broadcast by V-103 on Wednesday morning, touching on a range of subjects including whether the president may face a protest when he delivers the commencement address Sunday at Morehouse College.
The interview was aired on the Big Tigger Morning Show. The popular radio host asked the president about topics including his economic record and how he plans to make his pitch to Black voters.
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Big Tigger asked President Biden about a possible "lack of enthusiasm in this particular election" and apathy among some voters over "what's taken place in the Middle East."
Biden, in his response, chalked some of the potential opposition to his speaking at Morehouse to it being "hard to get legitimate information."
"I'm honored to be able to speak to the future leaders of America this weekend at Morehouse," the president said in part.
He added, "I've been very clear, every American has the right to peacefully protest," but said it becomes "unacceptable" when it "crosses the line to hate speech."
Biden further defended his position regarding Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza, saying, 'I've done more to convince the Israelis, Egyptians, to open access to aid to Gaza... I made it clear that I don't think they should go into Rafah and other places, with concentrated populations."
The president concluded his response by saying he knows people get upset and think, "Somehow I could stop it, but the truth of the matter is I'm doing all I can to make sure aid gets in, significant amounts of aid."
He said there was a "lot of legitimate concern and people have the right to protest, do it peacefully."
You can listen to the interview in the Instagram post from the Big Tigger Morning Show account below:
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