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A subordinate of the far-left "Squad" facing a pugnacious situation from wrong his ain enactment precocious attended a fundraiser co-hosted by an Islamic leader who said helium was "happy to see" the Oct. 7 onslaught by Hamas connected Israeli civilians.
Rep. Jamaal Bowman, who represents New York's 16th Congressional District, attended the May 1 fundraiser astatine a backstage residence successful Fairfax, Virginia, and didn't look to caput the beingness of Nihad Awad, a highly arguable and antisemitic fig who serves arsenic the nationalist enforcement manager and co-founder of the Council connected American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).
Awad faced crisp scrutiny past twelvemonth aft expressing his pleasure with the Hamas attack that resulted successful the deaths of astir 1,200 Israelis, including women and babies, and claiming Israel "does not person a close to self-defense."
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"The radical of Gaza lone decided to interruption the siege – the walls of the attraction campy – connected Oct. 7," Awad said during the 16th yearly Convention for Palestine connected Nov. 24 adjacent Chicago. "And yes, I was blessed to spot radical breaking the siege and throwing down the shackles of their ain onshore and locomotion escaped into their onshore that they were not escaped to locomotion in."
He continued, "And yes, the radical of Gaza person the close to self-defense, person the close to support themselves. And yes, Israel arsenic an occupying powerfulness does not person that close to self-defense."
The Biden medication aboriginal scrambled to region itself from CAIR pursuing Awad's comments, stating it was removing the radical from its publically listed pledge to combat antisemitism.
At the time, White House spokesperson Andrew Bates told Fox News Digital successful a statement, "We condemn these shocking, Antisemitic statements successful the strongest terms."
Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., left, and Council connected American-Islamic Relations co-founder Nihad Awad (Getty Images/File)
"The horrific, brutal violent attacks committed by Hamas connected October 7th were, arsenic President Biden said, ‘abhorrent’ and correspond ‘unadulterated evil,’" Bates said.
"October 7th was the deadliest time for Jewish radical since the Holocaust," helium continued. "The atrocities of that time daze the conscience, which is wherefore we tin ne'er hide the symptom Hamas has caused for truthful galore guiltless people."
"There are families who are successful agony mourning loved ones, and determination are besides families successful agony arsenic they bash everything successful their powerfulness to escaped loved ones being held hostage," Bates said. "Every person has a work to telephone retired Antisemitism wherever it rears its disfigured head."
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Westchester County Executive George Latimer (Jeenah Moon for the Washington Post via Getty Images/File)
Ahead of the fundraiser, Awad posted connected societal media praising Bowman arsenic "a staunch defender of Palestinian rights" and asking radical to be the fundraiser and donate.
It's unclear wherefore Bowman decided to be a fundraiser alongside Awad, and his run did not respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment.
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Bowman is facing what is expected to beryllium a pugnacious superior conflict against George Latimer, who serves arsenic a Westchester County enforcement and antecedently served successful the New York State Assembly and authorities Senate.
The superior volition beryllium held connected June 25. The victor volition apt go the adjacent typical of the territory arsenic elections analysts complaint the contention arsenic either "safe" oregon "solid" Democrat.
Fox News' Timothy H.J. Nerozzi contributed to this report.
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Brandon Gillespie is an subordinate exertion astatine Fox News. Follow him connected X astatine @BGillespieAL.
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