Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) clashed over the latter’s “shameful” comment on Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT).
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.
Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jared Moskowitz.
“Sen. Sanders’ family was killed in the Holocaust,” she wrote in response to Moskowitz. “He dedicates his every moment to realizing tikkun olam. 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.”
“Tikkun olam” is Hebrew for “repairing the world.”
Responding to Ocasio-Cortez, Moskowitz said his family was also killed in
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