Where was AOC’s fury at antisemitism during – Latest News
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez lastly issued a full-throated condemnation of pro-Hamas goons, however she owes voters an rationalization for her historical past of standing up for antisemites.
On Friday, AOC slammed the roughly 200-strong mob of anti-Israel demonstrators who chanted “Say it loud, say it clear, we support Hamas here” simply outdoors Young Israel of Kew Gardens Hills, and steps from a yeshiva, Thursday evening in Queens.
In her traditional Internet-snark tone, she posted: “Hey so marching into a predominantly Jewish neighborhood and leading with a chant saying ‘we support Hamas’ is a disgusting and antisemitic thing to do. Pretty basic!”
This was one of many condemnations from numerous Democrats; appears all of them obtained the identical set of speaking factors of their inboxes: Gov. Kathy Hochul and Sens. Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand all started their posts with: “Hamas is a terrorist organization.”
Cookie-cutter, sure, however at least Schumer, Gillibrand and Hochul have been pretty constant in slamming explicitly pro-Hamas rhetoric because the Oct. 7, 2023, terror assaults on Israel.
AOC, alternatively, is pulling a full 180; is she anticipating everybody to only forgets her document of defending this type of rubbish?
The protesters’ chant was a brazen show of help for the phobia group accountable for the slaughter of Oct. 7, and lots of different atrocities earlier than and since.
It was vile, it was antisemitic, and it was a fairly run-of-the-mill pro-Palestine demonstration.
That is, the hate was in step with the bile provided at numerous anti-Israel marches, rallies and sit-ins, together with at the Columbia University encampment, which AOC proudly championed.
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She praised the “peaceful” protests that had been forcing Jewish college students to flee campus and slammed the college for calling within the NYPD to filter out demonstrators after they ignored a number of deadlines to disperse.
In April 2024, she visited the campus in help, telling protesters “the leadership you have is so fantastic” — days earlier than rioters broke into Hamilton Hall and draped an “Intifada” banner down the facet of the building.
Columbia protesters chanted “globalize the Intifada” and “death to the Zionist state,” slogans with the identical objective and that means as chanting “we support Hamas” outdoors of a Jewish home of worship.
Where was AOC’s fury then?
It’s good that she’s lastly woken up to the very fact this messaging is “disgusting” and “antisemitic,” however she has some explaining to do: Like why she thought terror-boosting rhetoric was acceptable up till about 5 minutes in the past.
Until she does that, her callout rings hole — and hypocritical.
