{"id":2438319,"date":"2025-05-23T09:29:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T13:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/suspect-in-dc-murder-of-israeli-diplomats-has-deep-ties-to-socialist-group-black-lives-matter\/"},"modified":"2025-05-23T09:31:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T13:31:25","slug":"suspect-in-dc-murder-of-israeli-diplomats-has-deep-ties-to-socialist-group-black-lives-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/suspect-in-dc-murder-of-israeli-diplomats-has-deep-ties-to-socialist-group-black-lives-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect in DC Murder of Israeli Diplomats Has Deep Ties to Socialist Group, Black Lives Matter"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fsuspect-in-dc-murder-of-israeli-diplomats-has-deep-ties-to-socialist-group-black-lives-matter%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=2438319&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>The article discusses the aftermath of Vice President kamala Harris&#8217;s defeat in the 2024 presidential election and the search for a new figurehead of the left. It introduces Elias Rodriguez, a 31-year-old who is currently in prison for allegedly killing two Israeli staffers outside the Capital Jewish Museum. Rodriguez is depicted as radical, with ties to leftist causes, including the Black Lives Matter movement and past affiliations with the Party for Socialism and Liberation, which is accused of promoting anti-Israel rhetoric.<\/p>\n<p>The narrative details his actions during the shooting, including his cries of &#8220;Free, free Palestine!&#8221; upon his arrest. Rodriguez&#8217;s background reveals a history of involvement in far-left activism, with his previous speeches and affiliations being scrutinized after the incident. Following the shooting,the PSL distanced itself from Rodriguez,attempting to mitigate the backlash against its anti-Semitic stance. <\/p>\n<p>The article argues that he embodies a troubling element within the modern left, suggesting that extremist views and violent actions are increasingly echoed by some factions.The commentary underscores a perceived lack of accountability or confrontation of these extremist elements by the broader left, positing that Rodriguez&#8217;s actions and ideology reflect a disturbing trend within progressive politics today.  <\/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><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>In the wake of Kamala Harris&rsquo; 2024 presidential defeat and losing majorities in both houses of Congress, many have wondered who the new face of the left will be.<\/p>\n<p>Is it California Gov. Gavin Newsom? New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg?<\/p>\n<p>In response, I&rsquo;d say none of the above. In fact, the man I&rsquo;d say is one of the two faces of the left in 2025 won&rsquo;t be running for president anytime soon &mdash; or doing running anywhere besides the prison yard. His name is Elias Rodriguez.<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez isn&rsquo;t old enough to run for president, either. According to various reports, the Chicago man is 31, per&nbsp;the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/05\/22\/us-news\/what-we-know-about-elias-rodriguez-terror-suspect-accused-of-killing-two-israeli-embassy-staffers-in-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>. What we do know is that he&rsquo;s roughly the same age as the two Jewish Israeli embassy staffers he allegedly shot and killed &mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-ilhan-omar-telling-response-reporter-asks-murder-israeli-diplomats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Milgrim<\/a>, 26, a couple &mdash; outside of the Capital Jewish Museum, then confessed to the killing, yelling &ldquo;Free, free Palestine!&rdquo; as he was taken into custody.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is from the event at the Capital Jewish Museum, taken by Katie Kalisher. The man being led out by police yells, &ldquo;free free Palestine.&rdquo; Kalisher said she did not witness the shooting, but that this man took responsibility for it.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fox5dc?\">@fox5dc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fQctdXj39J\">https:\/\/t.co\/fQctdXj39J<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s6Hivs26uW\">pic.twitter.com\/s6Hivs26uW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Josh Rosenthal (@JoshRosenthalTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoshRosenthalTV\/status\/1925411976550785372?\">May 22, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>And now, an emerging picture of Rodriguez shows that he was a member of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/citizens-object-to-2020-election\/\" title=\"Citizens Object To 2020 Election\">radical left-wing<\/a>, anti-Semitic socialist group and a supporter of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/blms-mostly-peaceful-riots-cost-1000x-damage-jan-6-capitol-unrest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black Lives Matter movement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, he was once allied with the Party for Socialism and Liberation, which routinely spews pro-Hamas, anti-Israeli rhetoric on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is what they were posting just hours before the shooting:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">With the full backing of the US government, Israel has launched a new and even deadlier phase in their genocide against Gaza. The &ldquo;Operation Gideon&rsquo;s Chariots&rdquo; ground invasion aims to establish a permanent occupation of Gaza, subjecting Palestinians to non-stop violence,&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2sRZRq7yjI\">pic.twitter.com\/2sRZRq7yjI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Party for Socialism and Liberation (@pslnational) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pslnational\/status\/1924926218773922074?\">May 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After it happened, of course, they made sure to stop the drumbeat of anti-Semitism for a second to try and spin things.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We reject any attempt to associate the PSL with the DC shooting. Elias Rodriguez is not a member of the PSL. He had a brief association with one branch of the PSL that ended in 2017. We know of no contact with him in over 7 years. We have nothing to do with this shooting and do not support it,&rdquo; the party said in a statement on X.<\/p>\n<p>This didn&rsquo;t exactly <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >mollify social media respondents<\/a>, who noted this was at odds with the party&rsquo;s rhetoric in the past:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">You could have fooled me&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1qTorG3SW6\">pic.twitter.com\/1qTorG3SW6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; David Bernstein (@ProfDBernstein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProfDBernstein\/status\/1925533808415129992?\">May 22, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Plus, his association went a bit deeper than that: In an article from the PSL&rsquo;s propaganda outlet, Liberation, Rodriguez gave a well-received speech during a Black Lives Matter protest in Chicago in 2017 where he compared the death of a 17-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-reporter-resigns-amid-allegations-he-used-a-racial-slur-in-2019-ignore-context-and-intent\/\" title=\"New York Times Reporter Resigns Amid Allegations He Used A Racial Slur In 2019, Ignore Context And Intent\">black teen<\/a> at the hands of police to Amazon gentrifying Seattle.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;[Amazon&rsquo;s] whitening of Seattle is structurally racist and a direct danger to all workers who live in that city,&rdquo; Rodriguez said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So do we in Chicago and all across the country want a nation of cities dominated and occupied by massive corporations where only the rich and white can live and the vast majority of us must live on the edges of the city and society living in deeper and deeper poverty?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He also had a position with History Makers, a nonprofit which documents black history, as an oral history researcher.<\/p>\n<p>His bio has been deleted there, as well, but this is what the website previously read, per the Post: &ldquo;Prior to joining The HistoryMakers in 2023, he worked as a content writer for commercial and noncommercial firms in the technology space, both national and regionally based.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He had left HistoryMakers and was working with the American Osteopathic Information Association, which said it was &ldquo;shocked and saddened to learn that an AOIA employee has been arrested as a suspect in this horrific crime.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Elias Rodriguez, the Chicago far-left activist accused of shooting dead two Israelis outside the Capital Jewish Museum, has a long history of support for BLM, Palestine, communist and anti-white causes.<\/p>\n<p>Those groups have been trying to scrub his associations with them by&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DvtdsH23ie\">https:\/\/t.co\/DvtdsH23ie<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/34QRe5Yogo\">pic.twitter.com\/34QRe5Yogo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrAndyNgo\/status\/1925551085004943751?\">May 22, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, he supposedly left behind a 900-word manifesto that described his reasons for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/alert-two-murdered-outside-jewish-museum-dc-alleged-killer-screamed-message-opening-fire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">committing an anti-Semitic terror act<\/a>, which police were trying to authenticate. Even as he was waiting to be arrested, he continued to advocate for far-left causes, too.<\/p>\n<p>A witness told a local TV station that Rodriguez pulled out a red keffiyeh, which is often associated with the Marxist&ndash;Leninist group the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/us\/news-today\/article\/elias-rodriguez-chicago-shooter-washington-dc-bz5j7p9bf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Times of London<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n<p>How is this not the left in 2025?<\/p>\n<p>We currently have a president that has survived not one but two attempts on his life on the campaign trail, assassination attempts that the media and the left have tried to pretend didn&rsquo;t really exist. We have a left that refuses to confront the extremist anti-Semites in its midst &mdash; so much so that it&rsquo;ll defend the radicals at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/radical-columbia-students-took-campus-building-learn-fate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Columbia<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/harvard-president-takes-pay-cut-school-can-continue-racism-whites-hatred-jews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harvard<\/a>, among other institutions, that engaged in systemic harassment of Jewish students and causes.<\/p>\n<p>This is a left that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wapo-reporter-blamed-libs-tiktok-random-threats-defends-alleged-ceo-murderer-mangione-morally-good-man\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not-so-secretly stans upon Luigi Mangione<\/a> &mdash; another alleged murderer with a political agenda. This is a left that gets annoyed that people intuited problematic messaging from a former FBI director who posted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/priceless-comey-now-become-villain-book-just-read-description\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seashell formation saying &ldquo;86 47&rdquo; on his Instagram account<\/a> <em>after the two assassination attempts against Trump that have already happened<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>This is the summer of Floyd, the #Resistance, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kamala-harris-stepdaughter-working-funnel-millions-dollars-gaza-abhorrent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">casually anti-Semitic embrace of Hamas-loving college radicals<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/blm-nominated-nobel-peace-prize-causing-destructive-riots-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black Lives Matter riots<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/worse-kidnapped-biden-tailgate-kathy-griffins-trump-head\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">photo shoot of Kathy Griffin<\/a> holding up the bloodied effigial head of Donald Trump, then-President Joe Biden saying Hamas supporters &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-goes-off-script-dnc-speech-appease-pro-hamas-agitators\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">have a point<\/a>,&rdquo; this is all of it rolled into one.<\/p>\n<p>This is Elias Rodriguez &mdash; the <a href=\"https:\/\/shakespeare.mit.edu\/romeo_juliet\/romeo_juliet.2.6.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">violent end to your violent delights<\/a>, progressive America.<\/p>\n<p>Look not upon the face of AOC or Gov. Newsom, American left. Look at this man&rsquo;s mug shot. Look at the photos of the two young lives he cut short simply because he knew those young lives were Jewish and killing them advanced his cause. Look at that mug shot <em>deeply<\/em>.&nbsp;He is you. You have birthed him. You own him. 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Is it California Governor Gavin Newsom, New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, or former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg? I would argue that none of them fit this role. The individual I believe will emerge as a prominent figure on the left in 2025 is Elias Rodriguez, who won&#8217;t be running for president anytime soon-his future lies behind bars. At just 31 years old, Rodriguez is not eligible to run for president either. He allegedly shot and killed two Israeli embassy staffers outside the Capital Jewish Museum and reportedly shouted &#8220;Free, free Palestine!&#8221; during his arrest. <\/p>\n<p>Recent information reveals that Rodriguez was affiliated with a radical left-wing socialist group known for its anti-Semitic views and support for Black Lives Matter. Just hours before the shooting incident, his former group posted inflammatory content regarding Israel&#8217;s actions in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Afterward, they attempted to distance themselves from him by claiming he had only a brief association with them that ended years ago-a statement met with skepticism online due to their previous rhetoric.<\/p>\n<p>Rodriguez&#8217;s connections run deeper; he previously spoke at a Black Lives Matter protest where he criticized systemic racism linked to corporate gentrification. His biography has since been removed from an organization where he worked as an oral history researcher.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, reports suggest he left behind a manifesto outlining his motivations for committing what police are treating as an anti-Semitic act of terror while continuing to advocate for far-left causes even during his arrest.<\/p>\n<p>This situation reflects broader issues within today&#8217;s political landscape: we have leaders who have faced assassination attempts while extremists within their ranks go unaddressed. 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