Democratic Socialists of America are Jew-haters: defend DC Jewish Museum shooter as "political prisoner"

Elias Rodriguez: the face of the new American Nazi

Let us confront, with unsparing clarity, the moral abyss into which a faction of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) has gleefully plunged. The “Liberation Caucus,” a self-styled “Marxist-Leninist-Maoist” splinter of this increasingly radical outfit, has not only endorsed the cold-blooded murder of two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington, DC, but has demanded the release of the scumbag charged with their killing, Elias Rodriguez. 

This is not a mere lapse in judgment; it is a grotesque celebration of violence that exposes the intellectual and ethical rot festering within the far-left.

The facts are as stark as they are horrifying. 

On May 21, 2025, Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Milgrim, 26, a young couple on the cusp of engagement, were gunned down as they left an event at the Capital Jewish Museum, hosted by the American Jewish Committee. Rodriguez, a 31-year-old anti-Israel/anti-Semitic neo-Nazi activist from Chicago, allegedly shouted “Free Free Palestine” as he was arrested, later telling police he “did it for Gaza.” 

How does killing a young couple in the US free Gaza, a place that isn't free because it's under the rule of Hamas, not Israel?

Charged with two counts of first-degree murder, he now stands as a grim symbol of the ideological fanaticism that has infected corners of the progressive left. He can get the death penalty, but that's likely not going to happen in my opinion. If he does, however, count on "The Squad" vehemently protesting the sentence.

The Liberation Caucus, in a display of breathtaking moral inversion, has aligned itself with Unity of Fields, a far-left group that issued a statement dripping with revolutionary sanctimony. “Elias Rodriguez’s targeted attack on two Israeli diplomatic staff on May 21, 2025, was a legitimate act of resistance against the Zionist state and its genocidal campaign in Gaza,” they declared, as if the slaughter of innocents could ever be dressed up in the garb of justice, like they did when Hamas slaughtered mothers in front of their children, the children in front of their parents before killing the parents, torturing, mutilating, beheading, burning, and even strangling the Bibas baby who was taken hostage. 

How does killing innocent babies free so called Palestine? It doesn't, obviously, it's simply Jew hatred.

The group went further, blaming the victims by claiming that “after twenty months of non-stop apocalyptic violence wrought by the Zionist movement” and “political and legal repression by these same Zionists,” the time has come for “real consequences.” This is not reasoned critique; it is the language of nihilism, a call to arms that fetishizes bloodshed under the guise of liberation.

Worse still, Unity of Fields—and by extension, the DSA’s Liberation Caucus—asserts that “Elias Rodriguez’s act was fully justified, at that place where legal and moral duties meet.” Sick.

They invoke international law, conveniently ignoring that such laws are not a blank cheque for murder. Their claim that there exists a “duty to take action to stop genocide, including the use of violence,” is a perverse distortion, a justification for terrorism that collapses under the weight of its own absurdity. They urge their followers to shower Rodriguez with letters, funds, and courtroom support, as if he were a martyr rather than an accused killer.

The Liberation Caucus, not content with merely endorsing this depravity, called the statement “excellent” and proudly added their name to it. “Free Elias Rodriguez and all political prisoners,” they proclaimed on social media, as if the man who allegedly ended two lives in a hail of bullets deserves to be lionized alongside dissidents and freedom fighters. This is not hyperbole; this is their own words, broadcast without shame: “Excellent statement that we are proud to add our name to. Free Elias Rodriguez and all political prisoners.” 

One wonders if they paused to consider the families of Lischinsky and Milgrim, or if such human considerations are merely collateral damage in their ideological crusade. Of course they don't because they have their collective heads shoved up so far into their nether regions, they can't see the truth and everything stinks.

The DSA itself, once a fringe but growing force in American politics, has long since abandoned any pretense of moderation. Its ranks include influential lawmakers like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Greg Casar, and Cori Bush, alongside former members like Jamaal Bowman and Summer Lee. 

Then there is Zohran Mamdani, a rising star and aspiring New York City mayoral candidate, who has made anti-Israel activism the beating heart of his campaign, accusing the Jewish state of “genocide” and denying its commitment to equal rights. This is not a marginal movement; it is a calculated effort to mainstream extremism within the corridors of power.

The DSA’s trajectory has been clear for years. On October 7, 2023, as Hamas’s massacre unfolded across southern Israel, the organization issued a statement blaming the carnage on “Israel’s apartheid regime.”

The very next day, they encouraged their followers to attend an “All Out for Palestine” rally in Manhattan, a move that reeked of opportunism in the face of slaughter. By January 2024, they were calling for an end to diplomatic and military support for Israel. In April, their international committee went so far as to defend Iran’s “right to self-defense” against Israel—a regime that openly calls for the Jewish state’s annihilation while arming and funding Hamas.

This is the intellectual cul-de-sac of the far-left: a world where murderers are hailed as heroes, where the slaughter of innocents is recast as resistance, and where the complexities of geopolitics are flattened into a Manichean narrative of oppressors and oppressed. The DSA and its Liberation Caucus have not merely lost their way; they have embraced a worldview that justifies violence as a first resort, not a last. 

To them, the deaths of Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim are not tragedies but talking points, mere footnotes in their revolutionary fever dream. And that, more than anything, reveals the hollowness at their core.

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Father of alleged Israeli Embassy staffers shooter was invited by a Dem to Trump's joint address

The dad of the guy nabbed for allegedly popping off shots at two Israeli Embassy workers outside D.C.'s Capital Jewish Museum this week was rubbing elbows with the elite at President Trump’s big Congress speech back in March, invited by none other than a Democratic rep from Illinois.

"Eric Rodriguez was our guest during the President’s Joint Speech to Congress, but we don’t know his family," a flack for Rep. Jesús "Chuy" García, D-Ill., told Fox News Digital, trying to keep things tidy.
Eric Rodriguez, the old man in question, is an Iraq war vet and a union steward with the Service Employees International Union, clocking hours at a Chicago VA hospital, per the union’s website.

"Eric represents the very best of our community – someone who has served his country, continues to serve his fellow veterans and fights every day to protect the dignity of working people," García said back then, probably not expecting this mess.

On the day of Trump’s speech, Rodriguez was out there slamming the administration’s handling of veterans in a video SEIU tossed up online, making his feelings crystal clear.

Rodriguez and SEIU didn’t hit back when Fox News Digital came knocking for comment. No surprise there.

"The reason why I am in Washington, D.C., is because I’m concerned about what Donald Trump, Elon Musk and DOGE are doing to the VA system," Rodriguez said in that video, throwing shade. "They’re indiscriminately cutting people’s jobs, they’re cutting funding and people rely on these funds. People rely on these services."

Fast forward to Thursday, and Rodriguez’s kid, Elias, was hauled into federal court, staring down heavy charges, including two counts of first-degree murder. Cops say he gunned down Yaron Lischinsky, 28, and Sarah Milgrim, 26, as they stepped out of the Capital Jewish Museum.

Feds claim Elias rolled into D.C. from Chicago the day before, lugging a legal piece in his checked bag, then snagged a ticket to some American Jewish Committee shindig. An unsealed FBI affidavit paints a grim picture: surveillance allegedly catches Elias creeping up behind Lischinsky and Milgrim at a crosswalk, then letting loose.

As the two dropped, investigators say Elias kept blasting, paused to reload, and then went at it again, like something out of a bad movie.

When the cops closed in, Elias reportedly spilled, "I did it for Palestine. I did it for Gaza. I am unarmed." Bystander video’s got him screaming "Free Palestine" as they cuffed him.

If the feds make it stick, Elias is looking at the death penalty or, at minimum, 30 years in the slammer.
"I strongly condemn this horrible, senseless act of antisemitism," García posted on X, trying to get ahead of the storm. "My heart is with the victims and everyone impacted by the attack. We mourn the lives lost and reject the idea that justice can be won through violence."

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NYC sending 'heavy weapons teams' to Jewish sites after double murder in DC

Although there are presently no known threats to Jewish institutions in New York City after the cold-blooded murders of Yaron Lishinsky, 30, and his then soon-to-be fiancee, Sarah Milgram, 26, the NYPD isn't taking any chances as they are “surging counterterrorism officers in critical response commands out of an overabundance of caution,” Mayor Eric Adams said.

Lower Manhattan’s Center for Jewish History was heavy with grief Thursday afternoon. City officials and faith leaders stood shoulder to shoulder at an interfaith vigil, mourning Yaron and Sarah, Israeli embassy staffers gunned down after an American Jewish Committee event at the Capital Jewish Museum in D.C. Wednesday night. The air was thick with sorrow, and the weight of a rising tide of hate.

Mayor Eric Adams didn’t hold back. “This violence is exactly what they mean when you hear the words, ‘globalize the intifada,’” he said. “It is the actual plan out of these comments. Violence is something that is unacceptable and not tolerated, and that is what we mean when we say anti-Semitic propaganda is masquerading as activism. Let’s call this what it is, a depraved act of terrorism.”

While there are no specific threats, Adams isn’t taking chances. “We’re surging counterterrorism officers in critical response commands out of an overabundance of caution,” he said. Heavy weapons teams are rolling out to Jewish cultural spots, synagogues, and Israeli diplomatic sites—something the city’s done on and off since Hamas’s October 7 bloodbath in southern Israel. 

“The last year and a half, we watched hate bleed out onto our streets, onto our college campuses, and now, at our cultural events,” Adams said, his words slicing through the room. “People have glorified terrorists and organizations have called for violence against Jews, and have called for death to America, to Israel and to the people of Israel.”

Al Sharpton[gue], the race-baiting activist who’s carried the weight of his own past in stoking the 1991 Crown Heights riots, stepped up. In 2019, he half-owned that mess, and now he’s calling for Black leaders to stand loud against the Jew-hatred spiking across the country. “If there had been an attack at the Schomburg Library,” he said, invoking the city’s beacon of Black culture, “and it was two young Blacks, I would have expected to see Jewish leadership stand with us. It happened at the site of a Jewish Museum in Washington. Two people, innocent people, lost their lives. They should expect that we’ll be here.”

One has to wonder if Sharpton was biting his tongue as he spoke.

Sharpton’s voice rose, preacher-like. “You can’t be a civil rights activist or leader if you’re only for your own civil rights, and you cannot be a faith leader if you only stand up for people in your own faith.”

Hindy Poupko, a top voice at UJA-Federation of New York, laid it bare. The attack wasn’t a bolt from the blue, it’s the grim fruit of months of venom aimed at Jews. “As the mayor said, after 19 months of violence and hateful rhetoric directed at Jews and the State of Israel, violence was inevitable,” she told the crowd, her voice steady but aching. “Our heart breaks for them, their lives lost, their futures lost and our hearts break for their families.” Still, she stood tall. “In Washington, in New York and wherever Jews gather, we remain resolute in our commitment to living our lives as proud Jews.”

Mohammad Razvi, head of a coalition of over 70 Muslim groups, said, “[I]n the Quran, it’s written that if you take one innocent life, it’s as if you have taken the life of all mankind,” he said, echoing a truth the Talmud shares. Of course, this doesn't explain the parts of the Quran that prescribes the opposite at times. [See for example, Quran 2:191 that says "Slay the unbelievers wherever you find them. This is merely one of many examples. Read the Quran for more and if you really want some insight into Islam, read Reliance of the Traveller.]

Razvi went on: “This is true to all Muslims, and this heinous act has really hurt so much.” His condolences to the victims’ families carried weight. “Hate is something that is perpetuated and taught,” he said. “A child is not born to hate. That’s something you pick up at a dinner table.” His call to action was simple but fierce: “Any time this happens, we have to stand together, and we have to show others that this is what New York is about.”

It's good to hear Muslim leaders make the right call.

The vigil was a raw moment of unity in a city that’s seen too much division. Two young, beautiful lives snuffed out. A community reeling. But in that room, faith and resolve burned brighter than the hate outside.

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