President Joe Biden was in New York to attend a Democrat fundraiser at Radio City Music Hall along with Barack Obama and Bill Clinton.
NEW YORK—Although Manhattan resident Jesse Pape was one of the Democrats who elected U.S. President Joe Biden in 2020, the 45-year-old doesn’t plan to vote Democrat again in November during the 47th presidential election.
“I can’t vote for Trump for many reasons but I also can’t vote for someone like Biden who is actively committing genocide in Gaza,” Mr. Pape told The Epoch Times. “I’m going to vote for a third party … Dr. Cornell West or the Socialist Party candidate.”
While Mr. West is an independent presidential candidate, Claudia de la Cruz is the presidential candidate representing the Party for Socialism and Liberation.
Former President Donald Trump is running as a Republican, and President Biden is running as a Democrat.
Mr. Pape was among the hundreds of people who endured the rain while walking from the New York Public Library on 5th Avenue and 42nd Street to Radio City Music Hall on 6th Avenue and 50th Street on March 28 to encourage Mr. Biden, 81, to support a cease-fire in Gaza.
“I’m protesting to try and put an end to the genocide that’s happening to the people of Gaza and the West Bank,” Mr. Pape said in an interview with The Epoch Times. “Joe Biden is enabling and supplying weapons and money to the country that’s committing the genocide.”
President Biden was in New York this week to attend a Democrat fundraiser at Radio City Music Hall along with former Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton.
Israel began bombing Gaza after Hamas terrorists launched an attack against Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing over 1,200 people and kidnapping more than 250 others.
Karina Garcia, who is the vice presidential candidate representing the Party for Socialism and Liberation, was among the demonstrators.
“People are watching in real time the genocide that Joe Biden is facilitating, financing, supporting, and enabling, and they’re disgusted by it,” Ms. Garcia told The Epoch Times.
“They see the callousness of the president and the callousness of the system itself that spends all of our money on war and then tells us that there’s no money for healthcare or childcare because it’s too expensive.”
