The Cornell University Young Democratic Socialists of America kicked off an event for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) by singing “from the river to the sea.”
Of course, they chose the notorious anti-Israel slogan. From Fox News:
The Cornell University Young Democratic Socialists of America hosted the event for AOC, which her campaign labeled as a “Students vs. Billionaires” town hall. The group’s president, Mina Petrova, and co-Chair Zoe Reisman led the crowd of roughly 2,000 people in chanting “from the river to the sea,” after declaring, “long live the student intifada.”
“Cornell is fundamentally a capitalist institution that prioritizes billionaires and profit over students and community and is controlled by CEO trustees that are profiting off of genocide and war,” Petrova told the crowd at one point, triggering applause.
Then…then why do these students attend Cornell if it is such an awful place??
CAMPUS CURRENT: AOC takes the stage at Cornell University after her democratic socialist hosts lead a crowd in chanting “from the river to the sea.”
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AOC’s campaign described the event as “part of an effort by the Congresswoman to boost turnout in Democratic strongholds ahead of the November election.”
The congresswoman also did not apologize for the chants.
Instead, AOC accused Cornell of suppressing free speech:
“Whether it’s the issue about Palestine or many others. Whether it’s about people trying to fire those who are forming a union in their workplace, whether it’s people trying to speak up about a number of different issues, we have to respond to that first crackdown,” she said.
“When we come out in numbers, they cannot take us all,” she added.
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