Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and her fellow members of the far-left congressional “Squad” are currently embroiled in a legal predicament, as per a recent report by Fox News.
A lawsuit has been filed against AOC and others, alleging that they played a role in instigating anti-Semitic violence at Columbia University earlier this year. The lawsuit was filed anonymously by five students and includes Ocasio-Cortez, Democratic Reps. Jamal Bowman of New York, and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota as defendants. Additionally, the lawsuit lists approximately twelve anti-Israel advocacy groups, as per the report by Fox News.
“The Gaza Encampment was extreme and outrageous conduct. It was illegal. It violated university rules. Its occupants harassed, followed, physically blocked, intimidated, and bullied Jewish students,” the lawsuit says.
Two of the five students are Jewish. One, identified as “Tim Doe” in the suit, spoke about it in an interview with the New York Post.
“During the protests, I witnessed numerous offensive and antisemitic signs and messages, including antisemitic skunk posters with the Star of David,” he told The Post.
“In one instance, I was walking with my non-Jewish friends when I was singled out because I was wearing my yarmulke. A leader of the pro-Palestinian protest approached our group and confronted me. He singled me out, yelling that I needed to move, and when I refused, he began to shove me out of the way,” he noted further.
The occupation at Columbia University gained global recognition as both students and faculty participated in a campus seizure that lasted for weeks. This led to the relocation of classes to online platforms and limited access to campus facilities, affecting students’ ability to prepare for their final exams. Consequently, Columbia, along with other universities across the country, had to cancel its graduation ceremony.
“Those were real damages sustained by the 36,000 students at Columbia who chose to obey university rules, go to class, and pursue their education, only to be frustrated at the finish line by the … acts of their classmates and professors, with the assistance and encouragement of outside activists,” the lawsuit claims.
AOC, Bowman, and Omar all voiced their backing for the pro-Palestinian protesters during that period, as highlighted by Fox. In a recent development, Ocasio-Cortez shared a live video on her Instagram account where she censured her fellow Democrats, especially those who chose to remain anonymous, for expressing their acceptance of the possibility of former President Donald Trump being re-elected. She also expressed anger at the notion that when they discuss replacing President Joe Biden as the Democratic candidate, they also seem to be disregarding Vice President Kamala Harris.
“If you think that there is consensus among the people who want Joe Biden to leave that they will support Vice President Harris, you would be mistaken,” the representative said. “They’re not going to be fully honest, but I’m going to be honest for them.”
“I’m in these rooms. I see what they say in conversations,” she said. “I’m here to tell you that a huge amount of the donor class and a huge amount of these elites and a huge amount of these folks in these rooms that I see that are pushing for President Biden to not be the nominee also are not interested in seeing Vice President being the nominee.”