{"id":2229676,"date":"2024-04-24T22:45:04","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T02:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-and-fellow-house-democrat-disagree-over-support-of-israel-after-shameful-comment-on-bernie-sanders-2\/"},"modified":"2024-04-24T22:47:38","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T02:47:38","slug":"aoc-and-fellow-house-democrat-disagree-over-support-of-israel-after-shameful-comment-on-bernie-sanders-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-and-fellow-house-democrat-disagree-over-support-of-israel-after-shameful-comment-on-bernie-sanders-2\/","title":{"rendered":"AOC and House Democrat clash on Israel support following &#8216;shameful&#8217; remark about Bernie Sanders"},"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\">28<\/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%2Faoc-and-fellow-house-democrat-disagree-over-support-of-israel-after-shameful-comment-on-bernie-sanders-2%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=2229676&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>Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and \u2063Jared Moskowitz \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-legislature-introduces-first-in-nation-resolution-to-protect-against-democrat-court-packing\/\" title=\"Arizona Legislature Introduces First-In-Nation Resolution To Protect Against Democrat 'Court Packing'\">clashed<\/a> over\u200c Moskowitz&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/give-my-regards-to-your-puppet-master-elon-musk-fires-back-at-wapo-story-and-owner-jeff-bezos\/\" title=\"\u2018Give My Regards To Your Puppet Master\u2019: Elon Musk Fires Back At WaPo Story And Owner Jeff Bezos\">critical comments<\/a> \u2062about Sen. \u2062Bernie Sanders.\u2062 Moskowitz, an Israel supporter, accused \u200dSanders \u200bof insufficiently condemning antisemitism, leading to Ocasio-Cortez&#8217;s strong response\u2064 defending Sanders and Jewish values. The dispute \u200chighlighted personal Holocaust connections\u2064 and a call \u200cfor settling differences in person rather than publicly.  <\/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 data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Reps. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez\">Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> (D-NY) and Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) clashed over the latter\u2019s \u201cshameful\u201d comment on Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bernie-sanders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Bernie Sanders\">Bernie Sanders<\/a> (I-VT).<\/p>\n<p>Moskowitz has emerged as a prominent defender of Israel and has criticized many on the Left over their response to the war in Gaza. On Wednesday, he criticized Sanders for allegedly not properly condemning antisemitism, a remark that drew the ire of Ocasio-Cortez.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jared Moskowitz.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cSen. Sanders\u2019 family was killed in the Holocaust,\u201d she wrote in response to Moskowitz. \u201cHe dedicates his every moment to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-and-fellow-house-democrat-disagree-over-support-of-israel-after-shameful-comment-on-bernie-sanders\/\" title=\"AOC and House Democrat clash on Israel support after controversial Bernie Sanders remark\">realizing tikkun olam<\/a>. His commitment to protecting innocents in Gaza stems FROM his Jewish values. He and many other Jewish leaders deserve better than to be treated this way. This is shameful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTikkun olam\u201d is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandeis.edu\/jewish-experience\/history-culture\/2023\/may\/tikkun-olam-history.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hebrew for<\/a> \u201crepairing the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Responding to Ocasio-Cortez, Moskowitz said his family was also killed in the Holocaust and that it would be better if they settled their differences in person.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy family was also killed in the Holocaust,\u201d he said in response to her condemnation. \u201cIn Germany and in Poland. My grandmother was in the kinder-transport. They also instilled values in me. It\u2019s why I voted for aid to Israel and for aid to Gaza. We see each other at work, we are both better than doing this here.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My family was also killed in the Holocaust. In Germany and in Poland. My grandmother was in the kinder-transport. They also instilled values in me. It\u2019s why I voted for aid to Israel and for aid to Gaza. We see each other at work, we are both better than doing this here. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vawa9NGFto\">https:\/\/t.co\/vawa9NGFto<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jared Moskowitz (@JaredEMoskowitz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JaredEMoskowitz\/status\/1783220596974760371?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIs that what this is?\u201d Ocasio-Cortez <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1783246895084634486\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>responded<\/a> alongside a screenshot of Moskowitz having liked comedian Michael Rapaport\u2019s post reading, \u201cWhat\u2019s the Hebrew translation for F*** Off Lady?\u201d He appears to have since unliked the post.<\/p>\n<p>Moskowitz\u2019s comment that triggered the exchange was him quoting a statement from Sanders condemning the failure to adopt Sanders\u2019s amendment preventing the issuance of \u201coffensive\u201d military aid to Israel.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a dark day for democracy when the Senate will not even allow a vote on whether U.S. taxpayer dollars should fund Netanyahu\u2019s war against the Palestinian people,\u201d Sanders said.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It is a dark day for democracy when the Senate will not even allow a vote on whether U.S. taxpayer dollars should fund Netanyahu\u2019s war against the Palestinian people. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Dk0jsumkB3\">pic.twitter.com\/Dk0jsumkB3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenSanders\/status\/1782848308056145956?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 23, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The exchange exposes the growing divide within the Democratic Party in Congress over Israel and the war in Gaza. While more Democrats have begun to criticize Israel, including Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), progressives such as Ocasio-Cortez believe it\u2019s not enough.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) clashed over Moskowitz&#8217;s &#8220;shameful&#8221; remark about Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). Moskowitz, a vocal Israel defender, criticized the Left&#8217;s Gaza response. He accused Sanders of inadequate condemnation of antisemitism<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2229677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MixCollage-24-Apr-2024-10-09-PM-2665-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2229676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/MixCollage-24-Apr-2024-10-09-PM-2665-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2229676","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\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2229676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2229676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2229677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2229676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2229676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2229676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}