Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) is revoking his membership in the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) over its promotion of what he said was an antisemitic rally in New York City. “Today, I am offi…

Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) is revoking his membership in the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) over its promotion of what he said was an antisemitic rally in New York City.

“Today, I am officially renouncing my membership in the Democratic Socialists of America. After the brutal terrorist attacks on Israel, which included the indiscriminate murder, rape, and kidnapping of innocent men, women, and children, I can no longer associate with an organization unwilling to call out terrorism in all its forms,” he wrote in a statement Wednesday.

Thanedar, formerly one of the six members of the DSA in Congress, said that a rally in Times Square on Sunday pushed him to make the decision.

The rally, held just one day after Hamas launched its deadly attack on Israel, was also denounced by other lawmakers and officials.

“Sunday’s hate-filled and antisemitic rally in New York City, promoted by the NYC-DSA, makes it impossible for me to continue my affiliation. I stand with Israel and its right to defend itself. There is no place for moral equivocation in the face of unadulterated evil as we have seen from Hamas,” Thanedar added.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5415·
      1 year ago

      It also did not speak for the thousands of New Yorkers who are capable of rejecting both Hamas’ horrifying attacks against innocent civilians as well as the grave injustices and violence Palestinians face under occupation,” she said.

      It’s right there…

      And something her and other progressives have been saying for like a decade now.

      It seems like you want to make it sound like AOC is condemning anyone that’s not sucking off Netenyahu

      I don’t think I’m going to be able to help you. And I definitely don’t want to spend my morning trying to find out.

      Try someone else.

      • queermunist she/her
        12·
        1 year ago

        something her and other progressives have been saying for like a decade now.

        Yeah, and they’re wrong.

        This is literally the only option Hamas has. What the fuck else are they supposed to do? Lay down and die quietly? Vote?

        If she rejects the only possibility that Palestinians can pursue to free themselves, she is siding with Israeli occupation.

        This is just idealism. Hence, lib moment.