{"id":501459,"date":"2021-05-12T18:21:11","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T22:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=501459"},"modified":"2021-05-12T18:21:15","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T22:21:15","slug":"andrew-yang-capitulates-to-backlash-apologizes-for-tweet-condemning-hamas-terrorism-my-tweet-was-overly-simplistic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/andrew-yang-capitulates-to-backlash-apologizes-for-tweet-condemning-hamas-terrorism-my-tweet-was-overly-simplistic\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Yang Capitulates To Backlash, Apologizes For Tweet Condemning Hamas Terrorism: \u2018My Tweet Was Overly Simplistic\u2019"},"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\">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%2Fandrew-yang-capitulates-to-backlash-apologizes-for-tweet-condemning-hamas-terrorism-my-tweet-was-overly-simplistic%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=501459&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1232838803-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>On Tuesday, entrepreneur and candidate for New York City Mayor, Andrew Yang, sparked a leftist backlash after voicing support for Israel as the Jewish state fell under terrorist rocket fire from Hamas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI\u2019m standing with the people of Israel who are coming under bombardment attacks, and condemn the Hamas terrorists,\u201d tweeted Yang. \u201cThe people of NYC will always stand with our brothers and sisters in Israel who face down terrorism and persevere.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Yang was immediately <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/get-fed-leftists-slam-andrew-yang-for-support-of-israel-yangsupportsgenocide-trends\"><span>blasted<\/span><\/a><span> over for his support of Israel, despite the accuracy of his portrayal of events, with #YangSupportsGenocide trending on Twitter. <\/span><span>The mayoral candidate capitulated to the leftist mob on Wednesday, posting an apology to his Twitter page.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI spoke to a group of volunteers for the campaign yesterday, some of whom have been with me for years. Many of them were upset with my recent tweet expressing solidarity with the people of Israel in conjunction with the violence in the region this week that has claimed the lives of innocents and children on both sides,\u201d Yang wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThey expressed to me that they follow and support me for a number of reasons, one is that I am a clear-headed person who follows facts. The other is that I am a human being who stands for universal values of fellowship and goodwill. They felt that my tweet was overly simplistic in my treatment of a conflict that has a long and complex history full of tragedies. And they felt it failed to acknowledge the pain and suffering on both sides,\u201d Yang continued, adding, \u201cThey were, of course, correct.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI mourn for every Palestinian life taken before its time as I do for every Israeli. Suffering and pain and violence and death suffered by anyone hurts us all. All people want to be able to live in peace. We all want that for ourselves and our children,\u201d Yang went on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cSupport of a people does not make one blind to the pain and suffering of others,\u201d Yang wrote. \u201cAgain, most everyone simply wants to be able to live and pray in peace.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAnd that is what we want as well,\u201d he continued. \u201cI join with millions around the world in praying that the current situation be resolved as quickly as possible, peacefully and with minimal suffering.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cFor those who have spoken to me on this \u2013 thank you,\u201d Yang concluded. \u201cContinue to believe in humanity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.5842696629213\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\ude4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uzrf9PbiR4\">pic.twitter.com\/uzrf9PbiR4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrew Yang\ud83e\udde2\ud83d\uddfd\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@AndrewYang) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewYang\/status\/1392450726010531844?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) \u2014 who has previously admitted that she is not an expert on \u201cthis issue\u201d \u2014 condemned Yang for his comments.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c<\/span><span>Utterly shameful for Yang to try to show up to an Eid event after sending out a chest-thumping statement of support for a strike killing 9 children, especially after his silence as Al-Aqsa was attacked,\u201d Ocasio-Cortez tweeted. \u201cBut then to try that in Astoria? During Ramadan?! They will let you know.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.688760806916\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Utterly shameful for Yang to try to show up to an Eid event after sending out a chest-thumping statement of support for a strike killing 9 children, especially after his silence as Al-Aqsa was attacked.<\/p>\n<p>But then to try that in Astoria? During Ramadan?! They will let you know. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r721mHyfri\">https:\/\/t.co\/r721mHyfri<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AOC\/status\/1392220241472720897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>According to <\/span><span>the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/05\/12\/andrew-yang-apologizes-for-pro-israel-tweet\/?utm_medium=SocialFlow&#038;utm_source=NYPTwitter&#038;utm_campaign=SocialFlow\"><span>New York Post<\/span><\/a><span>, \u201cLocal Jewish leaders were largely unfazed by Yang\u2019s revisions.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt\u2019s definitely not going to hurt him,\u201d said Brooklyn government relations consultant Ezra Friedlander, who is backing Yang\u2019s opponent Scott Stringer, according to the New York Post.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHe expressed his support [for Israel] and I think people appreciate that,\u201d Friedlander added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Tuesday, entrepreneur and candidate for New York City Mayor, Andrew Yang, sparked a leftist backlash after voicing support for Israel as the Jewish state fell under terrorist rocket fire &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277989,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1232838803-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Andrew Yang Capitulates To Backlash, Apologizes For Tweet Condemning Hamas Terrorism: \u2018My Tweet Was Overly Simplistic\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-501459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1232838803-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Andrew Yang Capitulates To Backlash, Apologizes For Tweet Condemning Hamas Terrorism: \u2018My Tweet Was Overly Simplistic\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501459","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2277989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}