Another bad Israel vote for AOC
How many of these are anti-imperialists supposed to put up with?
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has voted for HR 1449, a bill that promotes the IHRA’s definition of antisemitism — a definition that conflates antisemitism with criticism of Israel. That isn’t my characterization of the bill: this is exactly what Rashida Tlaib, Cori Bush, and Ilhan Omar said in announcing their opposition.
Why would AOC do such a thing? Here’s the explanation from her chief of staff:
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