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lapucelle

(20,330 posts)
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 10:59 AM 22 hrs ago

AOC's campaign office vandalized with anti-Israel message: "AOC Funds Genocide in Gaza".

AOC’s campaign office vandalized with anti-Israel message

Her office says she’s faced “multiple threats” on her life in recent days.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has received death threats in recent days and had a campaign office vandalized with a message criticizing her for supporting Israel’s war in Gaza, the campaign manager for the New York congresswoman said Monday.

The congresswoman’s staff is discussing the situation with security officials, campaign manager Oliver Hidalgo-Wohlleben said in a social media post outlining incidents that come as Ocasio-Cortez, long a focus of animosity from conservatives, faces criticism from progressives over a recent vote on Israel.

“Last night, our campaign office in the Bronx was vandalized and we are in the processing of cleaning it up,” Hidalgo-Wohlleben said on X. “In the past few days, we also have received multiple threats on the Congresswoman’s life and we are treating this seriously with our security partners to make sure she, our staff, and volunteers are safe.”

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Video captured by local news outlets in New York showed the message “AOC funds genocide in Gaza” written on a sign hanging in front of her campaign office in the Bronx, along with red paint splattered on the building’s face.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/21/aocs-campaign-office-vandalized-with-anti-israel-message-00466671




https://abc7ny.com/post/rep-alexandria-ocasio-cortezs-bronx-campaign-office-vandalized-red-paint-banner/17226951/
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AOC's campaign office vandalized with anti-Israel message: "AOC Funds Genocide in Gaza". (Original Post) lapucelle 22 hrs ago OP
What a bunch of scumbags. tritsofme 22 hrs ago #1
An "independent journalist" on twitter says something called the Boogie Down Liberation Front is responsible. lapucelle 22 hrs ago #3
Proud Boys operation? Emile 22 hrs ago #2
Doubt it Polybius 22 hrs ago #4
It seems to be about AOC's vote against Marjorie Greene's anti-Iron Dome amendment. lapucelle 22 hrs ago #6
Some people will vote against anything that a crazy person proposes, even if it makes sense Polybius 21 hrs ago #7
Apparently 208 Democrats in the House did not think that defunding the Iron Dome defense system lapucelle 21 hrs ago #9
Yep Polybius 20 hrs ago #11
It was an amendment not a bill. Which other "10 or so" Democrats do you think lapucelle 16 hrs ago #15
Scared of AIPAC perhaps? Polybius 9 hrs ago #17
I don't think AOC voted to fund Iron Dome because she is "scared of AIPAC". lapucelle 44 min ago #19
Something called the Boogie Down Liberation Front according to Decolonize This Place and Ashoka Jegroo lapucelle 22 hrs ago #5
Question: Are these criminals left wing or right wing? Beastly Boy 21 hrs ago #8
Given that Decolonize This Place is serving as messanger, it would appear that the criminals are left wing lapucelle 20 hrs ago #10
That's what I thought. Just wanted to establish the folly of the notion that all left wingers fall under the Democratic Beastly Boy 20 hrs ago #12
Also left doesn't mean liberal. In fact they are less liberal JI7 19 hrs ago #14
The Democratic Socialists of America are virulently against funding the Iron Dome missile defense system, lapucelle 16 hrs ago #16
Meh... LudwigPastorius 19 hrs ago #13
That is not where 'Boogie Down' came from in this case. It came from hip hop culture's nickname Celerity 7 hrs ago #18
It's nice to see someone here with a sense of humor. The left-wing extremist group that attacked AOC lapucelle 29 min ago #20

lapucelle

(20,330 posts)
3. An "independent journalist" on twitter says something called the Boogie Down Liberation Front is responsible.
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 11:18 AM
22 hrs ago


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Polybius

(20,550 posts)
4. Doubt it
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 11:30 AM
22 hrs ago

Probably related to her vote Thursday to cut missile defense aid for Israel. It failed 422-6. The 6 "Yes" votes were:

Al Green (D)
Marjorie Taylor Greene (R)
Summer L. Lee (D)
Thomas Massie (R)
Ilhan Omar (D)
Rashida Tlaib (D)

https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025207

lapucelle

(20,330 posts)
6. It seems to be about AOC's vote against Marjorie Greene's anti-Iron Dome amendment.
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 11:41 AM
22 hrs ago

The art collective/protest group Decolonize this Place appears to be involved in the messaging.



Polybius

(20,550 posts)
7. Some people will vote against anything that a crazy person proposes, even if it makes sense
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 12:13 PM
21 hrs ago

If we can agree on something good, I'm all for it. Like when Matt Gaetz wanted to ban Congress members from trading stocks. Ironically, AOC and Gaetz teamed up on that one. They had an odd relationship. They talked and teamed up on certain things. However, AOC and MTG hate each other.

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/us/snplus/news/2023/05/03/aoc--gaetz-forge-alliance-to-ban-lawmakers-from-trading-stocks

lapucelle

(20,330 posts)
9. Apparently 208 Democrats in the House did not think that defunding the Iron Dome defense system
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 12:30 PM
21 hrs ago

"makes sense" or is "something good".

Polybius

(20,550 posts)
11. Yep
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 01:31 PM
20 hrs ago

And probably another 10 or so wanted to vote Yes, but didn't because it was her bill.

lapucelle

(20,330 posts)
15. It was an amendment not a bill. Which other "10 or so" Democrats do you think
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 05:02 PM
16 hrs ago

are in favor of defunding the Iron Dome missile defense system?

Funding for the Iron Dome missile defense system has enjoyed wide bipartisan support since President Barack Obama first asked for it 15 years ago.

Polybius

(20,550 posts)
17. Scared of AIPAC perhaps?
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 12:33 AM
9 hrs ago

Look what they did to Jamaal Bowman and Cori Bush last year.

lapucelle

(20,330 posts)
19. I don't think AOC voted to fund Iron Dome because she is "scared of AIPAC".
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 09:05 AM
44 min ago

Jamaal Bowman voted to fund the Iron Dome missile defense system system.

lapucelle

(20,330 posts)
5. Something called the Boogie Down Liberation Front according to Decolonize This Place and Ashoka Jegroo
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 11:33 AM
22 hrs ago
‘AOC funds genocide in Gaza’: Anti-Israel activists vandalize Ocasio-Cortez’s NY office

Anti-Israel activists in New York on Monday said they vandalized the Bronx office of Democratic US Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, one of Israel’s leading critics in Congress.

The anti-Israel protest group Decolonize This Place posts photos showing red paint, reminiscent of blood, splattered on Ocasio-Cortez’s office, and a sign that reads, “AOC funds genocide in Gaza.”

Decolonize This Place said the vandalism was an “anonymous submission” from a group called the Boogie Down Liberation Front. The group does not appear to have any protest history or online presence. Police confirmed the vandalism to the local NBC4 news outlet.

In a statement shared with reporter Ashoka Jegroo, the Boogie Down Liberation Front said, “The Bronx is sick and tired of people like AOC and Ritchie Torres using us as a stepping stone for their own political careers,” referring to another Democratic representative who is a staunch supporter of Israel.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/aoc-funds-genocide-in-gaza-anti-israel-activists-vandalize-ocasio-cortezs-ny-office/

lapucelle

(20,330 posts)
10. Given that Decolonize This Place is serving as messanger, it would appear that the criminals are left wing
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 01:21 PM
20 hrs ago

extremists.

Decolonize This Place is led by Amin Husain, a former NYU professor who was suspended after calling NYC "a Zionist city" and denying the October 7 atrocities of Hamas.

https://canarymission.org/professor/Amin Husain








Beastly Boy

(13,072 posts)
12. That's what I thought. Just wanted to establish the folly of the notion that all left wingers fall under the Democratic
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 01:46 PM
20 hrs ago

umbrella and that claiming to be left wing is in itself sufficient to claim higher moral ground.

It's past time we accept this reality.

JI7

(92,341 posts)
14. Also left doesn't mean liberal. In fact they are less liberal
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 02:17 PM
19 hrs ago

the more left they are which is why you are seeing the far left and far right on the same side when it comes to who or what they hate .

lapucelle

(20,330 posts)
16. The Democratic Socialists of America are virulently against funding the Iron Dome missile defense system,
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 05:16 PM
16 hrs ago

and have been against it long before Hamas started the current war in Gaza.

In 2021, they claimed that a defense system that protects Israelis from Hezbollah and Iranian missile attacks was part of what they call the "Zionist expansionist agenda".

They called out both Representative Jamaal Bowman and AOC for not voting against funding the Iron Dome defense system back in 2021.

It appears that the DSA central committee thinks that making Israel easier to attack counts as standing with Palestinian people.

DSA Stands with the Palestinian People: National Political Committee Condemns Iron Dome Vote

The National Political Committee of DSA condemns the barbaric vote by the Congressional House to fund Israel an additional $1 billion for their Iron Dome “missile defense system.”

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We know the Democratic Party exerts enormous discipline on Congresspeople who would dare vote against funding the Zionist expansionist agenda, but little on those who are currently forcing a crisis on funding a critical infrastructure package for the US itself. Even nominally anti-militarist progressives—and most disappointingly our DSA members in Congress Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Jamaal Bowman—did not vote against this spending.

https://www.dsausa.org/statements/dsa-stands-with-the-palestinian-people-national-political-committee-condemns-iron-dome-vote/

LudwigPastorius

(12,973 posts)
13. Meh...
Tue Jul 22, 2025, 02:08 PM
19 hrs ago

Give me left wing extremists who take their name from Bob Dylan songs, not one by smooth jazz icon Al Jarreau.

Celerity

(50,961 posts)
18. That is not where 'Boogie Down' came from in this case. It came from hip hop culture's nickname
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 01:53 AM
7 hrs ago

for the South Bronx: Boogie Down Bronx.

A famous group using that:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boogie_Down_Productions

Boogie Down Productions (BDP) was an American hip-hop group formed in the Bronx, New York City, in 1986. It originally consisted of KRS-One, D-Nice, and DJ Scott La Rock. DJ Scott La Rock was murdered on August 27, 1987, five months after the release of BDP's debut album, Criminal Minded. The name of the group, Boogie Down, derives from a nickname for the South Bronx.

lapucelle

(20,330 posts)
20. It's nice to see someone here with a sense of humor. The left-wing extremist group that attacked AOC
Wed Jul 23, 2025, 09:20 AM
29 min ago

is getting rightfully dragged on twitter over their name.




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