New York Democrats Marched With Israeli Fascists
Democrats say they are a bulwark against rising authoritarianism. Why, then, did some of New York’s most powerful Democratic leaders like Gov. Kathy Hochul and Sen. Chuck Schumer march with war criminals and self-described fascists from Israel?
Democratic voters increasingly look on Israel’s war crimes with horror. Not so for New York Democratic leaders like Kathy Hochul and Chuck Schumer, who marched with some of Israel’s most fervent defenders of genocide last month. (Bauer-Griffin / GC Images via Getty Images)
As over 1.3 million Palestinians live in tents and makeshift shelters due to Israel’s mass bombings, destroying at least 92 percent of Gaza’s residential infrastructure, New York Democrats who voted to supply those same bombs smiled and waved down Fifth Avenue, with blue-and-white sashes around their torsos proclaiming them honorary grand marshals of the Israel Day Parade.
On Sunday, May 31, they marched in the largest annual display of US solidarity with the Israeli government alongside self-proclaimed fascists and architects of the genocide in Gaza. The politicians’ choice, amid expanding regional wars in Lebanon and Iran, highlights their disconnect from the American public who overwhelmingly oppose Israel’s war crimes.
Beforehand Mayor Zohran Mamdani chose to act on his principles in boycotting the affair. In direct retaliation, the Israeli government sent the highest-ranking delegation since the parade’s inception in 1965.
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