Former MLB star calls out AOC's 'virtue signaling' after antisemitic attack in Colorado

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is striking retired with a Jewish erstwhile Major League Baseball subordinate implicit her effect to a caller antisemitic onslaught successful Colorado. 

"We’re conscionable astatine a constituent present wherever the Jewish radical are conscionable tired. We’re bushed of having to woody with truthful overmuch hatred," said Kevin Youkilis, a World Series champion with the Boston Red Sox, during an quality connected "Fox & Friends," Wednesday.

His comments travel aft Ocasio-Cortez posted connected societal media astir the attack, which targeted a pro-Israel radical gathered to telephone for the instrumentality of Israeli hostages held successful captivity by Hamas.

Multiple radical were injured erstwhile the fishy allegedly utilized homemade incendiary devices to onslaught attendees. Suspect Mohamed Sabry Soliman is present facing hate crime, attempted murder, battle and different charges. 

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In her station connected X, formerly Twitter, Ocasio-Cortez condemned the unit successful Colorado and warned that antisemitism is "on the rise." She called connected the nationalist to face hatred "everywhere it exists." 

But Youkilis said her words rang hollow.

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Responding connected X, helium wrote: "Jews are targeted with unit and it’s the aforesaid virtuousness awesome station clip and clip again. What person you done to face those calling for intifadas successful NYC? Until you make a program of action, your repeated virtuousness signaling aft the unit occurs holds nary weight."

Youkilis pointed to growing antisemitic rhetoric connected assemblage campuses and astatine protests successful New York, immoderate of which person included calls for the dismantling of the Jewish state. He argued that condemning unit aft attacks hap isn’t capable from lawmakers. 

"When we perceive this rhetoric, and it’s pushed retired successful our universities and connected the streets, it conscionable has to stop. It brings a batch of fear. It stokes the violence," helium said, referencing protests successful the United States that intensified pursuing the October 7th Hamas attack connected Israel.

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Former MLB subordinate Kevin Youkilis blasts Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for ‘virtue signaling’ aft she posted a effect to the onslaught successful Colorado.  (Getty Images)

While helium agreed with Ocasio-Cortez that antisemitism is simply a "moral issue," Youkilis said her actions don’t bespeak a superior committedness to combating it. 

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The onslaught successful Colorado follows different incidental past period successful Washington, D.C., wherever 2 Israeli diplomats, acceptable to beryllium engaged, were gunned down successful an evident hatred crime.  The fishy was arrested astatine the Capital Jewish Museum, and reportedly shouted, "Free, escaped Palestine."

Youkilis said he’s seen a noticeable displacement successful the information of Jews successful America, noting accrued information astatine Jewish assemblage centers, schools, and synagogues. He praised lawmakers, similar Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., for speaking retired repeatedly against antisemitism.

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"Ritchie Torres has been fabulous successful the mode helium has spoken out," Youkilis said, urging different lawmakers to travel his example.

While Youkilis emphasized his beardown content successful the rights of Americans to dependable their opinions, helium called connected nationalist officials to amended separate betwixt escaped code and hatred speech.

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"First Amendment rights are First Amendment rights, and I'm a steadfast believer successful that arsenic an American, and a arrogant American," said the erstwhile archetypal baseman, who served arsenic the Israeli team's hitting manager astatine the World Baseball Classic successful 2023.

 "But we besides person to person our enactment that tin decipher betwixt what is hatred and however radical are [going to] physique upon it."