Democratic Socialists Abandon AOC – WSJ

The Democratic Socialists of America s National Political Committee withdrew its pledged endorsement of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Wednesday. The group said the New York Democrat had failed to meet conditions the DSA tied to its endorsement, a majority of which centered on Israel and antisemitism.

According to the group s July 10 press release, one of the key actions that did Ms. Ocasio-Cortez in was her decision to host a June 10 panel on antisemitism with Jewish leaders. The DSA called the move a deep betrayal to all those who ve risked their welfare to fight Israeli apartheid and genocide.

Ms. Ocasio-Cortez is an unlikely candidate for the DSA s public lashing. She has a history of voting against aid to Israel and attacking the pro-Israel lobby. Less than a month after the Oct. 7 attacks, she maligned the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in a tweet as racist and bigoted and no friend to American democracy. She also voted against a resolution that urged all countries to unequivocally condemn Hamas brutal war and another that condemned support for Hamas, Hezbollah, and other terrorist organizations at institutions of higher education.

Ms. Ocasio-Cortez s statements at the June 10 panel didn t stray too far from her previous record. She condemned antisemitism as real and dangerous. She also admitted that criticism of Zionism and Israel s government sometimes crosses a line into real harms against our Jewish community. But she was careful to clarify that neither is inherently antisemitic. Ms. Ocasio-Cortez also made the case that bad-faith political actors have been increasingly weaponizing antisemitism against people of color and women of color.

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The DSOC I knew was practically all Jews. Now, unless you’re down with killing them all, they’ll chuck you out of the Party! Poor, poor AOC.