{"id":2227759,"date":"2024-04-23T00:04:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-23T04:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-ritchie-torres-slams-rabid-racist-mohamed-hadid-for-vile-messages\/"},"modified":"2024-04-23T00:04:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T04:04:53","slug":"democrat-ritchie-torres-slams-rabid-racist-mohamed-hadid-for-vile-messages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-ritchie-torres-slams-rabid-racist-mohamed-hadid-for-vile-messages\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat Ritchie Torres Condemns &#8216;Rabid Racist&#8217; Mohamed Hadid&#8217;s Offensive Messages"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fdemocrat-ritchie-torres-slams-rabid-racist-mohamed-hadid-for-vile-messages%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=2227759&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>Rep. Ritchie Torres, a Democratic representative \u200cfrom New York, criticized luxury\u200c real estate developer Mohamed \u200bHadid for sending him offensive messages. Hadid, known as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-the-bidens-got-rich-while-americans-got-robbed\/\" title=\"Donald Trump: 'The Bidens Got Rich While Americans Got Robbed'\">father<\/a> \u2064of models Bella and Gigi, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-retired-lt-general-honore-too-partisan-to-lead-capitol-security-probe\/\" title=\"GOP: Retired Lt. General Honore too partisan to lead Capitol security probe\">made derogatory remarks<\/a> in\u2062 direct messages to Torres on Instagram.\u2063 The New York Post obtained\u200b and exposed these \u200bmessages, revealing Hadid&#8217;s racist \u200dand homophobic comments towards Torres. Torres, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buttigieg-becomes-the-first-millennial-confirmed-to-a-cabinet-position\/\" title=\"Buttigieg Becomes The First Millennial Confirmed To A Cabinet Position\">openly gay<\/a> and a former member of\u200c the Progressive Caucus, has been a vocal supporter of Israel, prompting further attacks from Hadid.  <\/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<p>Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) slammed luxury real estate developer Mohamed Hadid \u2014 father of models Bella and Gigi, both of whom have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/diaspora\/antisemitism\/article-779774\">made<\/a> anti-Semitic remarks \u2014 for vile messages that he sent the congressman.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Post <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/04\/20\/us-news\/mohamed-hadid-sends-racist-homophobic-messages-to-congressman\/\">obtained<\/a> the messages late last week in which Hadid told Torres in a direct message on Instagram: \u201cYou worse than the rats of New York sewage system. They have bigger brains than you. You might get a job as bouncer at gay bar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Torres, who is openly gay, left the Progressive Caucus after October 7 because he has been a major supporter of Israel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI promise you will never be in congress .. slave to whit[e]s and .. make sure you dress as KKK to hide that ugly gray colored face of yours,\u201d he said. \u201cI know about Bronx.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are just unusual Black and colorful mouth for Israeli and AIPAC and looking for payday of over 500K,\u201d Hadid said in a different message. \u201cYou will get it .. unfortunately. We have people like you in congress.. keeping this conversation between us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the New York Post exposed Hadid\u2019s racist messages, he gave a backhanded apology to the congressman, claiming that he was a \u201cshill\u201d for Israel:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>I 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. A STATE THAT NOT ONLY MISTREATS BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE BUT PINKWASHES THEIR ATROCITIES USING THEIR PROJECTED GAY RIGHTS AS A SHIELD FOR THEIR HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS. MY FEELING AFTER 76 YEARS OF BEING A REFUGEE FROM THE COUNTRY WHERE I AND MY ANCESTORS WERE BORN AND WATCHING A GENOCIDE UNFOLD ARE AT AN ALL TIME HIGH. I AM WATCHING UNITED STATE POLITICIANS WORK AS AIPAC MESSENGERS OF GENOCIDE. I USED THE WRONG WORDS TO EXPRESS THIS ANGER BUT THE ANGER IS WARRANTED. TO SEND BLACK AND BROWN AND OTHER MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES TO DO THE DIRTY WORK OF TWO COUNTRIES WHO HAVE NEVER RESPECTED THEM IS WRONG. I APOLOGIZE TO MY COMMUNITY FOR DIRECTING THE CONVERSATION TO THIS. AND EVEN FOR A MINUTE AWAY FROM PALESTINE. ALL EYES ON PALESTINE. FREE PALESTINE.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Torres responded to Hadid\u2019s message on X, posting: \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<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">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>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) criticized luxury real estate developer Mohamed Hadid, known as the father of models Bella and Gigi, for offensive messages directed at him. The New York Post revealed the messages last week, wherein Hadid sent derogatory comments to Torres via Instagram direct messages<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":2227760,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-1683460525-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2227759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-1683460525-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2227759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2227760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2227759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2227759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2227759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}