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.
No, I’m saying that you’ve posted fiction and now you want to scrabble around for anything you can find to try and validate yourself. I’m saying I don’t care what you do because you’ve given me no reason to. Clear?
“I will not accept any evidence presented by you because I’ve a priori decided that everything you say is a lie. Also, somehow I’m pretending to be rational.”
What was the fiction I posted, anyway? I made a claim that non-trivial groups have supported the idea that essentially any kind of “resistance” is justified, you denied that without evidence, and then stated that you will not accept any evidence I present.