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The chant isn’t new, but hearing it at a Cornell event where Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was warming up Democratic candidates is a reminder of what the party now accepts as normal. “From the river to the sea” is not a land dispute slogan. It is a call to erase Israel.
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Democrat and socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was at Cornell University over the weekend, at an event promoting Democrat candidates ahead of midterms. And if you needed more proof that AOC and the Democrats are beholden to a radical, anti-Israel and antisemitic base of leftists, this event gave us plenty.
Not only was it a socialist grievance session, but it also called for violence against Israel and Jews.
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The chant isn’t new, but hearing it at a Cornell event where Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was warming up Democratic candidates is a reminder of what the party now accepts as normal. “From the river to the sea” is not a land dispute slogan. It is a call to erase Israel. The crowd knew it. AOC knew it. Nobody walked out.
She didn’t say the words herself, but she didn’t need to. She showed up, smiled, and worked the room for Democrats. That is the tell. The party’s most famous socialist can’t afford to alienate the people who cheer for ethnic cleansing. So she doesn’t.
This isn’t a fringe problem anymore. It’s the activist energy behind the Democratic Party. AOC is who the left listens to. And what they’re chanting is violence. Republicans should say so plainly and often.
Watch what happened at Cornell. A nationally known congresswoman associated herself with a crowd calling for the destruction of the only Jewish state. If the GOP did that, every news anchor would lose their mind. Instead, the coverage treats it like a college rally. It was a preview of the Democratic coalition..
Commentary written with AI assistance by the New Republican Times Editorial Board.