AOC Backs Anti-Israel Socialist in NYC Mayoral Race, Ignores Jewish Victims in D.C. Attack

Leave it to New York's Democratic Socialist Alexandria Obviously-Corrupt (AOC), the poster child for the far-left "Squad," to throw her weight behind a candidate who cannot bring himself to support Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state. 

The anti-Israel/anti-Semite has endorsed Zohran Mamdani, another Democratic Socialist assemblyman from Queens, in his long-shot bid for New York City mayor. This is the same guy who’s openly dodged affirming Israel’s Jewish identity and has a cozy relationship with the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement. Not all that surprising being that he's an Islamist who quietly sides with everyone who doesn't side with Israel or the, you know, Jews.

After a primary debate on Wednesday night, AOC gushed to The New York Times, “Assembly member Mamdani has demonstrated a real ability on the ground to put together a coalition of working-class New Yorkers that is strongest to lead the pack.” Translation: she’s all in for a guy who’s trailing Andrew Cuomo by double digits and whose radical views, especially on Israel and the US, make even some Democrats cringe.

When pressed on the Israel-Gaza conflict, Mamdani played coy. He started by saying he believes Israel has the right to exist but clammed up when asked about its Jewish character. “As a Jewish state?” the moderator pressed. Mamdani’s weak response? “As a state with equal rights.” 

That’s a dodge so blatant it could star in an action movie. And just to double down, he’s also said he wouldn’t visit Israel if elected, mainly because he hates Israelis, especially those of the Jewish persuasion. 

Andrew Cuomo, the Democratic front-runner, didn’t let that slide. “And his answer was no, he won’t visit Israel,” Cuomo fired back, pointing out Mamdani’s refusal to engage with the Jewish state. Mamdani’s track record doesn’t help his case. He refused to co-sponsor state resolutions honoring Israel’s founding or commemorating the Holocaust. Apparently, those are just too much for him or he thinks the Holocaust either didn't happen, or was justified.

But let’s not pretend AOC’s endorsement is some noble stand for “working-class New Yorkers.” This is the same AOC who couldn’t bring herself to mention the word “Jew” or “Israel” when condemning a horrific antisemitic attack in Washington, D.C. 

After two Israeli Embassy staffers were gunned down outside the Capital Jewish Museum, AOC took to X with this gem: 

“Absolutely nothing justifies the murder of innocents. I am devastated by the killing of two people outside an @AJCGlobal event here in Washington. Our prayers are with the victims, families, and loved ones of all impacted. As we await more details, we must be clear that hatred has no home here. Antisemitism is a threat to all we hold dear as a society. It must be confronted and rooted out everywhere.”

Notice what’s missing? No mention of the victims being Jewish or tied to Israel. X user Arsen Ostrovsky called her out, writing, “‘Two people’? They were two JEWS. And more specifically, worked at the Israeli Embassy. These are pertinent details.” You’d think AOC, who never misses a chance to lecture on “hate,” would get the memo. Apparently not.

Technically, Yaron Lishinsky, 30, was Christian, and he was engaged to Sarah Lynn Milgram, 26, who was Jewish. The killer likely assumed both were Jews when he shot them in cold blood as they were leaving the Jewish Museum. They both worked for the Israeli Embassy.

But this is par for the course with AOC and her allies. Back a candidate who sidesteps Israel’s Jewish identity, pal around with the BDS crowd, and then play word games when Jewish lives are lost. If this is the “coalition” AOC thinks will lead New York, good luck to the Big Apple. Well,  not really good luck. I sincerely hope AOC is voted out of office and Mamdani gets his ass handed to him in the election, as much as I don't like Cuomo.

Wouldn't it be nice if a Republican won the election?

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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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