AOC of course being the possible, but maybe no longer totally accepted by them, DSA Rosey Democrat Congresscritter from New York, and Millennial Democrap Congresscritter "influencer," Alexandria Ocasio Cortez.
The reason for my header, and the reason for saying the DSA Roseys — many of whom have gotten enlightened since Oct. 7, 2023 — may not totally accept her is that she claims Elias Rodriguez' alleged murder of Israeli embassy personnel is due to antisemitism.
NOT due to a misguided version of antizionism, but antisemitism.
That's per Ken Klippenstein, who earlier this week reported on this issue, namely on federal law enforcement's interpretation of Rodriguez's manifesto and other things.
The feds clearly think this is about antizionism, not antisemitism.
Ken's piece needs an extensive pull quote, and it gets it:
Moments after the murder of two Israeli Embassy aides in Washington, virtually every political leader from Donald Trump to Alexandria Ocasio Cortez blamed the attack on antisemitism, a charge echoed by the media and law enforcement.
But a new intelligence report I’ve obtained from the Department of Homeland Security sees things differently — so much so that I was honestly shocked reading it.
Extraordinary in its candor, the report says what our leaders would not: that the attack was “motivated by the Israel-HAMAS conflict.”
Black and white, there it is.
Ken talks about how the AOCs and Donald Trumps and Richie Torreses of inside the Beltway continue to try to pretend this away, but can't. He then gets back to that report:
The intelligence report acknowledges the simmering rage, warning of the “enduring resonance of these grievances” — another obvious point, but one you won’t see on the news or from officialdom.
Produced on May 23, the internal assessment was pried loose by a Freedom of Information Act request by Ryan Shapiro of the transparency nonprofit Property of the People, which provided me with an exclusive copy.
The assessment, which makes no mention of antisemitism, notes that the murder of the two Israeli aides in Washington “follows eight previous [Hamas] conflict-inspired US attacks or plots,” going on to cite the arson attack on Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s house as an example.
“The alleged perpetrator,” the report says, “referenced his support for the Palestinian people as rationale for the attack.”
There we are.
Let's add that she has claimed to be a tiny bit Sephardi Jew, a claim I've not heard her substantiate and whose JAP-ness I rejected at the time I heard it.
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