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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez condemned the rally in New York City that cheered Hamas terrorism in Israel and was promoted by the Democratic Socialists of America — a group with which she and other members of the “Squad” are affiliated.WATCH — NBC’s Sanchez: Israeli Official Confirms Women Were Raped During Hamas Attack:
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 , Ilhan Omar , or Rashida Tlaib . All except Tlaib condemned Hamas’s attacks in comments over the weekend.
“In a statement, NYC-DSA Steering Committee Member Nadia Tykulsker said the group promoted the event ‘at the request of a coalition partner because we believe in equality and justice for all Palestinians and Israelis, and we know that war will take more lives.’”the time and date of the rally on X on Saturday night, hours after the attacks. However, the post appears to have been deleted from its page.
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