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Former MLB prima Kevin Youkilis called retired Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., aft the lawmaker reacted to the onslaught connected those who called for the merchandise of Israeli hostages successful Hamas captivity successful Boulder, Colorado, implicit the weekend.
Ocasio-Cortez wrote successful a station connected societal media connected Monday she was "horrified" by the attack.
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New York Yankees 3rd baseman Kevin Youkilis, #36, during batting signifier earlier the crippled against the Detroit Tigers astatine Comerica Park successful Detroit connected April 6, 2013. (Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports)
"My bosom is with the victims and our Jewish communities crossed the country," she added. "Antisemitism is connected the emergence present astatine home, and we person a motivation work to face and halt it everyplace it exists."
The two-time World Series champion, who is Jewish, called retired Ocasio-Cortez and wondered what she had done to face those who person called for intifadas successful New York.
"Jews are targeted with unit and it's the aforesaid virtuousness awesome station clip and clip again," helium wrote connected X successful response. "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 is mostly known for his clip with the Boston Red Sox, but helium played for the New York Yankees successful the last twelvemonth of his MLB vocation successful 2013.
When asked what helium wanted the Democrat lawmaker to do, Youkilis responded, "Confront the extremist mobs chanting for intifadas successful NYC.
"That would beryllium brave leadership, but we cognize politicians, connected some sides of the aisle, shy distant successful fearfulness of losing votes and power."
In the midst of past year’s chaos astatine Columbia University, Ocasio-Cortez called anti-Israel agitators connected campus "peaceful." The connection came arsenic Jewish students were recommended to permission location arsenic students were caught connected camera sympathizing with Hamas.
The FBI described Sunday’s unit arsenic a "targeted panic attack."
New York Yankees 3rd baseman Kevin Youkilis, #36, looks connected from the dugout during the crippled against the Toronto Blue Jays astatine the Rogers Centre successful Toronto connected April 20, 2013. (Tom Szczerbowski-USA TODAY Sports)
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Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, was accused of utilizing homemade incendiary devices to airy 8 radical connected occurrence arsenic they gathered to advocator for the instrumentality of Israeli hostages successful Hamas captivity successful a daytime onslaught astatine Boulder's Pearl Street Mall.
Videos picture a shirtless man, allegedly Soliman, lasting menacingly and holding 2 much devices aft the archetypal onslaught arsenic bystanders filmed him. Authorities yet swarmed the scene, and helium surrendered.
Soliman archetypal arrived successful the United States connected a non-immigrant visa successful August 2022. That visa expired successful February 2023, but helium remained successful the country. He received a enactment licence from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services successful March 2023 that was valid done March of this year. He erstwhile again overstayed his visa and was successful the state illegally during Sunday's attack.
Mohamed Sabry Soliman is present facing aggregate charges pursuing the incidental successful Boulder, Colorado, connected Sunday, June 1. (Boulder Police Dept.)
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The advocates gathered for a Run for Their Lives event, a run/walk to rise consciousness astir Israeli hostages inactive successful Hamas captivity. The victims ranged successful property from 52 to 88, and 1 of them was successful captious condition.
Fox News’ Peter D’Abrosca contributed to this report.
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