Pennsylvania representative on campus protests

(CBS, KYMA/KECY) - Pennsylvania Representative Summer Lee spoke with Margaret Brennan on Face the Nation on Sunday about the protests at college campuses around the country.

"To be honest, we don’t" Lee said when asked whether she sees excitement among college-age pro-Palestinian protesters about voting for Joe Biden. "The number one goal for them right now…is that they want to see a ceasefire in Gaza."

When asked if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized the protests on U.S. college campuses, Lee said, "This idea that every criticism of Israel is antisemitic is dangerous. There is fair critique we must make of every government, of every war, of every appropriation."

Earlier in the interview, Brennan and Lee talked about Governor Josh Shapiro's comments when appeared on Face the Nation last week, saying if President Biden's pause on natural gas permits goes on for a long time, it'll cost Pennsylvania jobs, and whether Lee's concerned about it.

"I think that there's a lot to be concerned about. I think that when we look at these polls, you know, we'll pull out one issue at a time. But the reality is, is that there are a number of issues mixed together that make voters feel confident, that make voters, some other voters, feel hopeless, or feel like maybe there's a little reason to participate. And I think that we're dealing with that a lot, right? When we talk to voters throughout my election, we talked to a lot of voters who, whether it's the economy, the price of you know, goods, gas, food, things of that nature, or abortion, like all of these different issues made voters feel like there was very little options that they had, and that they didn't want to participate. And we have to figure out something very quickly to address that."

Rep. Summer Lee (D-PA)

To watch more of Brennan's interview with Lee, click here.