Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) is revoking his membership in the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) over its promotion of what he said was an antisemitic rally in New York City. “Today, I am offi…

Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) is revoking his membership in the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) over its promotion of what he said was an antisemitic rally in New York City.

“Today, I am officially renouncing my membership in the Democratic Socialists of America. After the brutal terrorist attacks on Israel, which included the indiscriminate murder, rape, and kidnapping of innocent men, women, and children, I can no longer associate with an organization unwilling to call out terrorism in all its forms,” he wrote in a statement Wednesday.

Thanedar, formerly one of the six members of the DSA in Congress, said that a rally in Times Square on Sunday pushed him to make the decision.

The rally, held just one day after Hamas launched its deadly attack on Israel, was also denounced by other lawmakers and officials.

“Sunday’s hate-filled and antisemitic rally in New York City, promoted by the NYC-DSA, makes it impossible for me to continue my affiliation. I stand with Israel and its right to defend itself. There is no place for moral equivocation in the face of unadulterated evil as we have seen from Hamas,” Thanedar added.

  • 30mag@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1535·
    1 year ago

    She denounced the problematic people that showed up with nazi flags…

    She was not specific.

    “It should not be hard to shut down hatred and antisemitism where we see it. That is a core tenet of solidarity,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said in a statement to Playbook late Monday — her first comments on the rally.

    “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,” she said.

    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/rep-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-condemns-hatred-antisemitism-palestinian-rcna119687

    Quite a few others have shared their views on the rally.

    https://www.politico.com/newsletters/new-york-playbook/2023/10/10/heat-for-nyc-dsa-after-pro-palestine-rally-00120675

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5814·
      1 year ago

      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,” she said.

      It’s right there…

      And something her and other progressives have been saying for like a decade now.

      It seems like you want to make it sound like AOC is condemning anyone that’s not sucking off Netenyahu

      I don’t think I’m going to be able to help you. And I definitely don’t want to spend my morning trying to find out.

      Try someone else.

      • 30mag@lemmy.worldEnglish
        521·
        1 year ago

        It seems like you want to make it sound like AOC is condemning anyone that’s not sucking off Netenyahu

        I chose an article that included the views of Jay Jacobs, Kathy Hochul, and Zohran Mamdani for a reason. It isn’t just this one person, Shri Thanedar, (who is allegedly very right-wing) who has made statements that were not praising the rally. That is the point I’m trying to make. I’m not taking shots at AOC.