Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) condemned the rally in New York City that cheered Hamas terrorism in Israel and was promoted by the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) — a group with which she and other members of the “Squad” are affiliated.
Ocasio-Cortez, who the DSA has called its “foremost socialist superstar,” denounced the rally as “unacceptable and harmful” in a Politico article published Tuesday. Politico noted her comments came on Monday night.
“It should not be hard to shut down hatred and antisemitism where we see it. That is a core tenet of solidarity,” she said, adding:
The bigotry and callousness expressed in Times Square on Sunday were unacceptable and harmful in this devastating moment. It also did not speak for the thousands of New Yorkers who are capable of rejecting both Hamas’ horrifying attacks against innocent civilians as well as the grave injustices and violence Palestinians face under occupation.
Breitbart News reported on Ocasio-Cortez and fellow DSA-backed squad members’ silence on Monday evening. Ocasio-Cortez did not respond to Breitbart News’s comment request asking if she condemned the rally, nor did staff for Reps. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), or Rashida Tlaib (D-MI). All except Tlaib condemned Hamas’s attacks in comments over the weekend.