Red paint attack follows no vote on amendment to cut anti-missile funds – despite her rejection of $600m Israel aid bill

Red paint attack follows no vote on amendment to cut anti-missile funds – despite her rejection of $600m Israel aid bill

A Bronx office of the US House member Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was vandalized early on Monday, according to New York City police, who say they are investigating.

The vandalism occurred as the progressive Democratic congresswoman grapples with “threats on [her] life”, as her campaign manager put it, after a recent US House of Representatives vote involving American aid to Israel.

Officers called out to Ocasio-Cortez’s campaign office in Westchester Square at about 12.45am found its front covered in red paint, police said. Images circulating online and on local news media outlets showed someone had left a sign which alleged that Ocasio-Cortez “funds genocide in Gaza”, though she has repeatedly criticized the Israeli military’s strikes there.

  • prole [any, any]@hexbear.netEnglish
    86·
    9 days ago

    AOC probably could have just owned it as a mistake, said something about it being a learning experience, and moved on without it even being a story past the day it happened.

    Edit: she’ll get even more lib now and be “tough on crime” or something

    • Carl [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      69·
      9 days ago

      She could have said nothing and people’s attention spans would have run out by now. Honestly I think that should be the default move for every public figure - it only makes sense to post first if your opposition is going to post and try to control the narrative, which in this case they definitely weren’t going to.

    • RedWizard [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
      65·
      9 days ago

      This attack on my office is only 1% of the kind of hate my Jewish friends and neighbors endure daily, and these kinds of attacks are becoming endemic on the “left” and the right. To better ensure safety for myself and for my Jewish staff and colleagues, I’ve personally hired a contingent of IDF contractors to guard and investigate this awful hate crime.

      Or something like that.