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Ocasio-Cortez's Office Is Vandalized After Vote on Funds for Israel

Ocasio-Cortez's Office Is Vandalized After Vote on Funds for Israel

New York Times5 days ago
The Bronx campaign office of Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was defaced shortly after midnight on Monday by masked vandals, who blotted out her image with red paint and left a sign saying 'AOC funds genocide in Gaza.'
The episode was among the most high profile in a spate of recent acts of vandalism targeting elected officials in New York with pro-Palestinian or anti-Israel messages. It took place just days after a contentious vote on defense funding for Israel roiled the left.
A group calling itself the Boogie Down Liberation Front claimed responsibility for the vandalism and accused Ms. Ocasio-Cortez of supporting Israel's war in Gaza, according to Ashoka Jegroo, an independent journalist.
The New York Times could not verify the group's involvement or the identity of masked vandals captured in surveillance video. A spokesman for the Police Department said on Tuesday that no arrests had been made and that an investigation into the vandalism was ongoing.
Oliver Hidalgo-Wohlleben, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez's campaign manager, said the congresswoman had also seen an uptick in credible death threats in recent days. He said no one had been inside the office when it was vandalized.
'We take it very seriously,' he said.
Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, a progressive who represents parts of Queens and the Bronx, is not the most obvious target for pro-Palestinian protesters.
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