'What About Healthcare in Gaza?': Protesters Interrupt Biden's Speech

Protesters interrupted a speech being delivered by US President Joe Biden in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Tuesday, March 26, to raise the plight of people in Gaza.

In this footage from a livestream of the event from The White House, protesters can be heard interrupting Biden’s speech on healthcare, shouting “What about healthcare in Gaza?”.

Protesters also shouted “Hospitals in Gaza are being bombed” and “Women are being raped”, according to an official transcript of the event.

Biden momentarily halted his speech and said “Be patient with them. They have a point. We need to get a lot more care into Gaza”. Credit: The White House via Storyful

Video transcript

JOE BIDEN: Couldn't get coverage. Why? Because the insurance company considered those a preexisting condition that allowed them to deny coverage.

- --healthcare in Gaza.

- What about the healthcare in Gaza?

JOE BIDEN: Everybody deserves health care.

- Hospitals in Gaza are being bombed!

[OVERLAPPING SPEECH]

JOE BIDEN: Be patient with them.

[OVERLAPPING SPEECH]

JOE BIDEN: They have a point. We need to get a lot more care into Gaza.

[APPLAUSE, CHEERING]

But, folks--

[APPLAUSE, CHEERING]

Back to the subject at hand. Even pregnancy was considered a preexisting condition. Do you all know that? Well, for all-- for all the young people.