{"id":2064573,"date":"2023-10-12T09:39:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T13:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-congressman-renounces-membership-in-socialist-group-over-its-stance-on-israel-terror-attacks\/"},"modified":"2023-10-12T09:42:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T13:42:17","slug":"leftist-congressman-renounces-membership-in-socialist-group-over-its-stance-on-israel-terror-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-congressman-renounces-membership-in-socialist-group-over-its-stance-on-israel-terror-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Left-wing Congressman quits socialist group due to its stance on Israel attacks."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fleftist-congressman-renounces-membership-in-socialist-group-over-its-stance-on-israel-terror-attacks%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2064573&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Bad News for the Democratic Socialists of America<\/h2>\n<p>There is troubling news for the Democratic Socialists of America.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Rep. Shri Thanedar of Michigan\u2063 has officially left the far-left DSA after\u200c the organization expressed its support for the Palestinians following the recent \u200cterrorist attacks\u2062 on Israel. This decision comes as a blow to \u2064the DSA, as Thanedar was a\u200c prominent member.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">DSA is steadfast in expressing our solidarity with Palestine.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s\u2062 events are a direct\u2063 result \u200dof Israel\u2019s apartheid regime\u2014a regime that receives\u2063 billions in funding\u200b from the\u200d United States.<\/p>\n<p>End the violence. End the\u200d Occupation. Free Palestine. 1\/5<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DSA (@DemSocialists) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DemSocialists\/status\/1710857364604412350?\">October 8, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a powerful statement, Thanedar explained\u2062 his decision,\u200c saying, &#8220;After\u200c the\u200b brutal \u200bterrorist attacks on\u200c Israel, which included the indiscriminate murder, rape, and kidnapping of innocent men, women, and\u2064 children, I can no longer associate with an organization unwilling to call out terrorism\u200d in all its forms.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He\u200b also pointed to a pro-Palestinian rally \u2063in New York City, where attendees expressed support for\u200c Hamas, as a factor in his departure from \u2063the DSA.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sunday\u2019s hate-filled \u2063and antisemitic \u200crally in\u200d New York City, promoted\u200d by the NYC-DSA, makes it impossible for me\u2064 to continue my affiliation. I stand with Israel \u200band\u200d its right to defend itself. There is no \u200bplace for moral equivocation in \u2064the face of unadulterated evil as we have seen from Hamas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite leaving \u2062the DSA, Thanedar emphasized that he remains committed to his left-wing principles, including universal healthcare, workers&#8217; rights, and environmental justice.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Should all Democrats\u2062 denounce the group?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p>\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\tCompleting \u2064this\u200c poll entitles you \u200cto The Western Journal news updates \u2064free\u200d of charge. You may opt out at anytime. You also agree to\u200d our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>\t\t\tYes: 0% (0 \u2064Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>\t\t\tNo: 0% (0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\tfunction ffp_getCookie(cname) {<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar name=cname + &#8220;=&#8221;;<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar\u2064 decodedCookie=decodeURIComponent(document.cookie);<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar ca=decodedCookie.split(&#8216;;&#8217;);<br \/>\n\t\t\tfor(var i=0; i <ca.length i var c=\"ca[i];\" while if return c.substring c.length function ffp_setcookie cvalue exdays d=\"new\" date d.settime expires=\"expires=\" d.toutcstring document.cookie=\"cname\" window.ff_poll_voted=\"false;\" voted_cookie_name=\"firefly_voted_3496177\" ff_poll_submit event event.preventdefault fireflypoll=\"jQuery(\" fireflypollcontainer=\"jQuery('#firefly-poll-container');\" pollformbox=\"jQuery('#pollFormBox');\" ffp_getcookie fireflypollcontainer.addclass to assign url here as it was defined only in firefly. firefly_ajax_url=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" posting=\"jQuery.post(\" jquery event.target the datalayer window.datalayer=\"window.dataLayer\" window.datalayer.push poll vote posting.done response response.success yes_el=\"document.getElementById(\" no_el=\"document.getElementById(\" yes_el.style.width=\"response.data.percents.yes\" yes_el.innerhtml=\"Yes: \" response.data.percents.yes response.data.votes.yes votes no_el.style.width=\"response.data.percents.no\" no_el.innerhtml=\"No: \" response.data.percents.no response.data.votes.no fireflypoll.remove pollformbox.hide document.getelementbyid fireflypollcontainer.removeclass else emailfield=\"document.querySelector(\" input emailfield.required=\"false;\" emailfield.style.display=\"none\" border: solid padding: margin-left: margin-right: margin-bottom: width: float: left background: border-radius: margin-top: padding-top: padding-bottom: padding-left: background-color: border-color: cursor: pointer lightgrey white-space: nowrap .firefly-poll-question font-weight: bold font-size: .firefly-poll-disclaimer max-width:><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will continue to work toward the goals that brought me to\u2063 Congress in the \u2064first\u2062 place: universal healthcare, workers\u2019 rights, strong labor unions, equity for communities of color, environmental\u200c justice, and compassionate immigration,\u201d his statement continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy ideals have not changed at all,\u201d the congressman added. \u201cI strongly believe that ending\u2063 my association\u2062 with DSA serves my constituents\u2019 interests as they expect me to represent \u200bthem by \u2062helping to\u200b build a better, more just world, not \u200bfanning the flames of hatred.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I renounce my membership in the DSA <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rtpxStKW2Q\">pic.twitter.com\/rtpxStKW2Q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Congressman Shri Thanedar (@RepShriThanedar)\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepShriThanedar\/status\/1712181950176186851?\">October 11, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Thanedar&#8217;s\u2062 departure from the DSA is significant, considering the organization&#8217;s prominent members such as \u200bReps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Thlaib, and \u2062Ilhan Omar. This comes at \u200ca time when the DSA\u2062 is \u2064facing criticism for its stance on\u2062 the terrorist attacks.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Democratic Socialists of America \u2063has dozens of elected officials in congress and state upper and lower houses.\u200b Most \u200cof\u2062 their members are elected as Democrats. The DSA has put out multiple statements in support\u200d of Palestine\u200c following Islamist militants from\u200b an official\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2zoPhIBw7I\">pic.twitter.com\/2zoPhIBw7I<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andy\u200d Ng\u00f4  (@MrAndyNgo) \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrAndyNgo\/status\/1711902350833557739?\">October 11, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According \u2063to Politico, the \u2064DSA is facing a &#8220;reckoning&#8221; over its response to the\u2062 ongoing \u2063crisis\u200b in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Rep. Jamaal \u2062Bowman\u2064 let\u200b his membership lapse. Colleague Alexandria\u200c Ocasio-Cortez ripped the New York chapter\u200c over a\u2063 pro-Palestinian rally\u2063 Sunday,&#8221;\u200b the outlet reported. \u200c&#8221;And\u200b others on the left are struggling to \u200breconcile their views with the group \u2014 even disavowing it amid criticism from across the political spectrum.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"author_subscription_pitch\">.author_subscription_pitch p{margin:5px;}<\/p>\n<p><em><b>An Urgent Note from Our Staff:<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Western Journal has been \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nfl-star-says-he-was-hospitalized-against-his-will-injected-with-unknown-substance\/\" title=\"NFL star claims he was forcibly hospitalized, injected with unknown substance.\">labeled\u200c \u201cdangerous\u201d simply<\/a> because we have a biblical worldview and speak the\u2063 truth \u2062about what is \u200bhappening \u200bin America.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We refuse to let Big Tech \u200cand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-officials-so-out-of-touch-democratic-donors-rolled-their-eyes-at-them-at-recent-meeting\/\" title=\"Biden officials' disconnect made Democratic donors roll their eyes at recent meeting.\">woke\u2062 advertisers dictate<\/a> the content we share with our \u200bcommunity. 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Your support means we can continue to expose false narratives and defend traditional American values.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=BM6XAWRJ8NS7A&#038;utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Please stand with us by donating today<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Thank you for your support!<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/leftist-congressman-renounces-membership-socialist-group-stance-israel-terror-attacks\/\">Leftist Congressman Renounces Membership in Socialist Group Over Its\u200b Stance on Israel Terror Attacks<\/a> appeared first on \u200c <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u200b What challenges does the DSA \u2063face in reconciling its stance on the recent attacks on Israel with the broader Democratic party&#8217;s ideology? <\/h2>\n<p><span>  Bad News for\u2064 the Democratic Socialists of America<\/p>\n<p>There is \u2064troubling news for the Democratic \u200cSocialists of America. Democratic Rep. Shri Thanedar of Michigan has officially\u2063 left the far-left DSA after\u200c the organization expressed its support\u2064 for \u200bthe Palestinians following the recent terrorist \u2063attacks \u2062on Israel. This decision comes as a blow\u200b to the DSA,\u200b as Thanedar was a prominent member.<\/p>\n<p>In a powerful statement, Thanedar explained his decision, saying, \u200b&#8221;After \u2063the brutal terrorist attacks on Israel, which included\u200c the\u2063 indiscriminate murder, rape, and kidnapping of\u200d innocent men, women, and children, I can no longer\u2063 associate with an organization \u200bunwilling to call \u2064out \u200bterrorism in all its\u2064 forms.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He also pointed to a pro-Palestinian rally in New York City, where attendees expressed support for Hamas, as a\u200b factor in his departure from\u2064 the DSA.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sunday\u2019s hate-filled \u200dand antisemitic rally\u200c in New\u2063 York City, \u200cpromoted\u2064 by the NYC-DSA,\u200b makes it impossible for me to continue my affiliation. I stand with Israel \u200band its right \u200cto defend itself. There is no place for moral \u200cequivocation in the face \u200dof unadulterated evil as we have seen from\u2063 Hamas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite\u2062 leaving the DSA, Thanedar emphasized that he remains committed to his left-wing principles, including \u2063universal healthcare, workers&#8217; \u2064rights, and environmental \u2062justice.<\/p>\n<p>Should all Democrats denounce \u200dthe group?<\/p>\n<p>Adding to the \u200ccurrent\u2064 situation,\u200b the article presents a poll\u200c asking whether\u200d all Democrats should\u2062 denounce the DSA. While this poll is not reflective of the entire Democratic party, \u2062it \u2064does highlight the controversy surrounding the organization&#8217;s recent \u200dactions.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to note that \u2064not all Democrats align with the DSA&#8217;s\u200b views and policies. \u2063The party is a diverse coalition with varying beliefs and\u200c stances on different\u200b issues. However, \u2064the \u200cdeparture of a\u200c prominent member like Thanedar raises questions about the DSA&#8217;s direction\u2064 and how it \u2064is \u200cperceived within the broader Democratic party.<\/p>\n<p>As \u2063the Democratic party seeks to regain its footing\u200b and unite ahead of future elections, it\u2064 will face challenges\u200c in \u200dreconciling the \u200cdiffering ideologies\u200b within its ranks. The DSA&#8217;s\u200d support for the Palestinians and perceived\u2064 hesitance to condemn acts of terrorism can strain relationships and create divisions within the party.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the \u200dfallout from Thanedar&#8217;s departure and the \u200dDSA&#8217;s controversial \u2063stance on the recent attacks on Israel \u200dcould have \u200bconsequences for the organization&#8217;s influence\u2064 and credibility\u200b within the\u2064 Democratic party. It remains\u2063 to be seen how this situation will unfold and\u200d what impact it will have \u200con the broader \u2062political landscape.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, the departure of Democratic Rep. Shri Thanedar \u2064from the DSA\u2062 due to its support for the Palestinians \u200cfollowing recent attacks \u200con \u200cIsrael serves as bad\u200d news for the organization. It raises questions about the DSA&#8217;s stance on\u2062 terrorism and highlights divisions\u200b within the Democratic party. As the party navigates these challenges, it will\u2063 be crucial to find common ground and present a united front moving forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bad news for Democratic Socialists of America as Rep. Shri Thanedar of Michigan quits their far-left organization. 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