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.
A former CEO with a history of fraud investigations and votes with Matt Gaetz…
He's not progressive, he just pulled a Sinema to get elected.
And this is just a PR grab, he'd already been talking about starting a far right Hindu caucus in the US a few weeks ago. It just didn't get any press, so now he's trying to make it sound like this is why he's doing it.
What do you think about AOC denouncing the rally?
She denounced the problematic people that showed up with nazi flags…
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/rep-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-condemns-hatred-antisemitism-palestinian-rcna119687
That makes sense, and I don't know anyone that would disagree with that.
This chucklefuck seems to think a handful of bigots means the DSA supports nazis. Which is fucking stupid for a lot of reasons that shouldn't need explaining.
She was not specific.
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
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.
You know you’re in for a bad day when givesomefucks doesn’t give a fuck!
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What weird bedfellows we have now
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.
Well what is the point you're trying to make then? Just out with it and quit being a douche.
Some guy said "this is just a PR grab" like no one else but this one guy has even acknowledged the rally took place.
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Ok
How do you know what he's thinking?
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No idea why you are getting down voted for asking a question especially as it brings up something important around the DSA and it's highest profile members. I will look for the article but saw that the national DSA org came out saying the event was not planned (or supported? trying to remember how strong the language was) by the national org but rather the NY chapter. It will be interesting to see the fallout and whether that changes the power balance within org leadership
It will be an interesting litmus test for the DSA. If they want to achieve national relevance, they'll need to pretty much agree with AOC and investigate what happened with the NY chapter.
All they need to say is that they condemn the Hamas attack just like they condemn Israel's indiscriminate bombing of Palestine, and they plan to investigate their NY chapter to understand what happened.
I believe the DSA said they didn't organize the rally.
Unfortunately leftists hate having their thought processes challenged almost as much as MAGAs.