They can have Biden forcefully and personally condemn the protesters, and risk alienating the same young voters the president needs to be more energized for him to win in November.
The strategy appears to be to let the protests play out, wait for undergrads to leave for the summer, and hope that a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is in place before students return in the fall.
Democrats are concerned about videos of protesters vandalizing buildings and the increasingly antisemitic nature of their rhetoric.
"The most fundamental question in this election is which candidate is about order and which about chaos," said Matt Bennett, a co-founder of the centrist Democratic organization, Third Way.
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