‘He Made a Good Speech’: Biden Defends Schumer’s Criticism of Israeli Government

The president’s comments came a day after the Senate majority leader called on Israel to hold new elections.

President Joe Biden and Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar speak to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on March 15, 2024. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

WASHINGTON— President Joe Biden defended the comments made by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who called for a change in government in Israel five months into the war in Gaza.

“Senator Schumer contacted my staff, my senior staffer, [to say] that he was going to make that speech. And I’m not going to elaborate on the speech,” President Biden told reporters on March 15.