Democrats slammed for not shutting down 'Squad' 'antisemitism' after synagogue clash: 'There's a connection'
Fox News contributor Marc Thiessen called out the Democratic caucus on "America's Newsroom" Monday for not shutting down "antisemitic" rhetoric from the "Squad" after Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y.'s, profanity-laced rant against a pro-Israel advocacy group during a rally alongside Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., over the weekend. Thiessen said the rhetoric is emboldening "mobs" after clashes outside a Los Angeles synagogue.
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MARC THIESSEN: Can you imagine if a sitting congressman stood up at a rally and said, we're going to show the effing NAACP the power of this district? What the outrage would be, and this is the problem, is that the Democratic Party has not policed its movement and has allowed antisemitism to fester in the halls of Congress. It's Jamaal Bowman, it's the rest of the "Squad." You know, if somebody had done what he did and targeted Black people, they would have been kicked off of their committees, they would be shunned by the Democratic caucus. When Representative Steve King, back in 2019, said," I don't understand what's the problem with white supremacy and white and all the rest of it," he was kicked off of all of his committee by the Republicans in Congress. Why haven't the Democratic leadership in Congress done the same to Jamaal Bowman for this? Why haven't they done that with Ilhan Omar? Why haven't they done that with the rest of the "Squad"? They tolerate antisemitism in their ranks, and then they're surprised when an antisemitic mob surrounds a synagogue in Los Angeles and beats Jews. There's a connection between these two things.
During a speech in the Bronx riddled with expletives, Bowman lashed out against the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Political Action Committee (AIPAC), the pro-Israel advocacy group supporting his Democratic primary challenger, Westchester County Executive George Latimer.
"We are going to show f---ing AIPAC, the power of the motherf---ing South Bronx!" Bowman said at Saturday's rally held in St. Mary’s Park in Mott Haven. "People ask me why I got a foul mouth. What am I supposed to do? You’re coming after me! You’re coming after my family! You’re coming after my children! I’m not supposed to fight back?"
"We’re going to show them who the f--- we are!" he added, jumping around the stage.
Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., rallied for Bowman in a show of progressive support, as the incumbent Democrat lags behind Latimer by double digits ahead of Tuesday's primary to represent New York's 16th congressional district, which includes Westchester County and portions of the Bronx. Viral clips also showed fellow "Squad" member Ocasio-Cortez forcefully letting her hair down as she emphatically banged the podium, knocking over her microphones at one point. The congresswoman shouted over sexually explicit lyrics from the Cardi B song "Enough" that sounded over a speaker system during her remarks.
Fox News' Danielle Wallace contributed to this report