Pro-Palestinian protesters disrupt New York rally led by top progressives
Pro-Palestinian protesters in the United States have disrupted a joint rally between Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.), and Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vermont).
Protesters mobilized by a New York-based pro-Palestine organization, Within Our Lives, disrupted the joint rally led by the US lawmakers on Saturday in support of US President Joe Biden for the upcoming US presidential election scheduled in November.
The three politicians have maintained their support for a second-term Biden presidency.
“Endorsing Biden is endorsing the ongoing genocide in Gaza,” Within Our Lifetime wrote in a thread on X promoting the demonstration at the Saturday rally.
Pro-Palestinian protesters disrupted the pro-Biden rally chanting, “Intifada, Intifada”, and “Genocide Joe has got to go.”
“I’m not supposed to fight back? We’re gonna show them who ... we are!” Bowman told the crowd as pro-Palestine protesters attempted to disrupt the rally with chants in a video uploaded to X.
The protesters then headed to the politicians’ campaign buses.
According to a video posted to X, the protesters wrote slogans on the buses and placed stickers on the coaches’ paneling.
Bowman, himself, proceeded to lead the protesters in a “ceasefire now” chant.
He faces a tough re-election bid in New York’s 16th congressional district. He is set to face off against AIPAC-backed Democrat George Latimer later this week on June 26. The division between the two candidates’ views on US support for Israel in its war against Gaza has been a highlight of the election.
In the meantime, analysts say the results of Bowman’s election bid will be a litmus test determining the future of the Democratic Party, with the Israeli regime forces months-long genocidal war on the Gaza Strip billed as a main determinant in Biden’s future.
US Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar have rebuked Biden for supporting the ongoing Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza.
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