{"id":2227485,"date":"2024-04-22T17:42:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T21:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-supporting-house-democrat-denies-apology-from-rabid-racist-celebrity-father\/"},"modified":"2024-04-22T17:43:14","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T21:43:14","slug":"israel-supporting-house-democrat-denies-apology-from-rabid-racist-celebrity-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-supporting-house-democrat-denies-apology-from-rabid-racist-celebrity-father\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic House member who supports Israel rejects apology from controversial celebrity dad labeled as a &#8220;rabid racist."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/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%2Fisrael-supporting-house-democrat-denies-apology-from-rabid-racist-celebrity-father%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=2227485&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--><p>Representative Ritchie Torres from \u2063New York declined\u2063 an apology from Mohamed Hadid, a Palestinian celebrity father, \u2064following reports of \u200dsending homophobic and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hate-crime-hoax-outrageously-racist-graffiti-sparked-days-of-protests-a-black-student-wrote-them\/\" title=\"Hate Crime Hoax: Outrageously Racist Graffiti Sparked Days Of Protests. A Black Student Wrote Them.\">racist messages<\/a> to the congressman. Hadid, known for his \u200banti-Israel stance and father to models Bella and Gigi Hadid, faced\u2062 backlash for comparing Israel&#8217;s actions to Nazi Germany.\u200b The incident highlighted Torres&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that Masks Reduce the Spread of COVID\">support<\/a> for Israel amid tensions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house-democrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Ritchie Torres\">Ritchie Torres<\/a> (D-NY) denied an apology from celebrity father Mohamed Hadid after a report emerged that he had sent the New York Democrat several homophobic and racist messages.<\/p>\n<p>Hadid, who is Palestinian and is the father of models Bella and Gigi Hadid, has been outspoken over his opposition to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Israel\">Israel<\/a>, even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/diaspora\/antisemitism\/article-787742\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"equating\">comparing<\/a> the Jewish state\u2019s war against Hamas terrorists in Gaza to the tactics of Nazi Germany. Torres has been a fierce defender of Israel in its war in Gaza, which followed the Hamas terrorist attacks last Oct. 7.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Mohamed Hadid arrives at the Zodiac Ball, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, at The Houdini Estate in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss\/Invision\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The <em>New York Post<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/04\/20\/us-news\/mohamed-hadid-sends-racist-homophobic-messages-to-congressman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reported\">reported<\/a> over the weekend that Hadid had sent Torres, who is openly gay, several messages berating him over his support for Israel, many of which were racist and homophobic. The messages included saying Torres was a \u201cslave to whites,\u201d along with saying that he is \u201cworse than the rats of New York sewage system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the report ran, Hadid issued a message on his Instagram, defending his \u201canger\u201d but apologizing for \u201cthe words I used to express that anger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI need to apologize. Not for the anger I feel but for the words I used to express that anger. I intended to express how Mr Torres is a shill being used by Israel,\u201d Hadid said. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI used the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/she-falsely-claimed-a-verizon-store-employee-groped-her-a-court-just-upheld-her-lengthy-sentence\/\" title=\"She Falsely Claimed A Verizon Store Employee Groped Her. A Court Just Upheld Her Lengthy Sentence.\">wrong words<\/a> to express this anger but the anger is warranted,\u201d he added in the lengthy message, where Hadid also apologized for taking the conversation \u201caway from Palestine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Torres did not mince his words when responding to Hadid\u2019s message, calling Hadid \u201cfraudulent\u201d and a \u201crabid racist.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mohamed Hadid\u2019s so-called \u201capology\u201d is as fraudulent as the man himself. Hadid has been unmasked as a rabid racist to the core, and his pitiful attempt at a \u201cmea culpa\u201d is fooling no one. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BkREwCJWTz\">pic.twitter.com\/BkREwCJWTz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ritchie Torres (@RitchieTorres) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RitchieTorres\/status\/1782415741440102774?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 22, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RitchieTorres\/status\/1782415741440102774\/photo\/1\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMohamed Hadid\u2019s so-called \u2018apology\u2019 is as fraudulent as the man himself. Hadid has been unmasked as a rabid racist to the core, and his pitiful attempt at a \u2018mea culpa\u2019 is fooling no one,\u201d Torres said in a post on X.<\/p>\n<p>The war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza is in its seventh month, with Israel having gone through most of Gaza but still holding on to its likely operation in Rafah, the final Hamas stronghold.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) rejected an apology from Palestinian celebrity father Mohamed Hadid, who allegedly sent homophobic and racist messages to the New York Democrat. Hadid, known for his anti-Israel stance, has daughters in the modeling industry. 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