Rep. Alex Mooney, R-W.Va., told Newsmax on Friday there is a simple explanation for why President Joe Biden and other Democrats have not come out stronger against pro-Palestinian protests that have rocked college campuses across the nation, stoking a rise in antisemitism.

Biden said in a speech Thursday, “There should be no place on any campus, no place in America for antisemitism or threats of violence against Jewish students.” But he also lumped antisemitism in with Islamophobia and discrimination against Arab Americans and Palestinian Americans.

“They’re just very weak,” Mooney told “The Chris Salcedo Show.” “This is antisemitism, anti-Israel commentary. No one is talking about Islam here, except for the [Hamas] terrorists who invaded Israel and are holding hostages right now.”

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