Group that helped incite Columbia library takeover praises DC shooter: ‘Bring the war home'
'ESCALATE FOR GAZA, BRING THE WAR HOME' the notorious radical left organization wrote on X Friday. 'What Elias Rodriguez did was an act of solidarity and love for the Palestinian people.
4 Unity of Fields pamphlet praises Elias Rodriguez.
Unity of Fields
4 Suspect Elias Rodriguez is taken away by Metropolitan Police.
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'If this seems crazy and unhinged to you, ask yourself why you are so well adjusted to a constant stream of disemboweled and starving children — made possible by the country in which you reside.'
Rodriguez, 31, of Chicago was caught on surveillance video gunning down soon-to-be-engaged Jewish couple Yaron Lischinsky, 28, and Sarah Milgrim, 26, outside the Capital Jewish Museum late Wednesday after an event aimed at fostering peace.
4 Protesters storm Columbia University.
Unity of Fields
4 Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim were shot and killed in DC.
via REUTERS
He admitted to authorities minutes later that he was the shooter, shouting 'Free, free Palestine!'
Unity of Fields is the same group that put out fliers lionizing a Palestinian terrorist — leaflets that were passed around as anti-Israel protesters stormed Columbia's library on May 7.
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