Andrew Yang caves to leftist outrage over his tweet condemning Hamas terrorists



New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang appeared to apologize for a tweet condemning the terrorist attacks by Hamas militants on Israel after public outrage by the left and some of his own supporters.

"I'm standing with the people of Israel who are coming under bombardment attacks, and condemn the Hamas terrorists," said Yang in a tweet on Monday.

Yang, who is one of the frontrunners in the mayoral race, was harangued by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) about the tweet on Tuesday but by Wednesday he acquiesced and cited many other detractors in his apology.

"I spoke to a group of volunteers for the campaign yesterday, some of whom have been with me for years. Many of them were upset with my recent tweet expressing solidarity with the people of Israel in conjunction with the violence in the region this week that has claimed the lives of innocents and children on both sides," said Yang in the lengthy statement posted to Twitter.

"They felt that my tweet was overly simplistic in my treatment of a conflict that has a long and complex history full of tragedies. And they felt it failed to acknowledge the pain and suffering on both sides. They were, of course, correct," he continued.

"I mourn for every Palestinian life taken before its time as I do for every Israeli," he continued. "Suffering and pain and violence and death suffered by anyone hurts us all. All people want to be able to live in peace. We all ways that for ourselves and our children."

Despite the clarification by Yang, many of his detractors were still unhappy that he did not condemn Israel in his new statement.

"The most telling part of @AndrewYang's erasure of Palestinian human rights, is he even used his apology to to say he's choosing sides. And that side is Israel," responded one critic on Twitter.

Yang wasn't the only mayoral candidate to have public relations troubles this week. Two candidates were mocked and ridiculed after they severely underestimated the cost of housing in NYC during a candidate interview.

Here's more on Yang's flip flop on Israel:

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Andrew Yang condemns Hamas terrorists; AOC denounces him as 'utterly shameful'



New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang condemned Hamas terrorists for attacking Israel and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) called him "utterly shameful" in response.

Yang, an entrepreneur and former presidential candidate, tweeted his support for the Israeli people "who are coming under bombardment attacks" on Monday.

I'm standing with the people of Israel who are coming under bombardment attacks, and condemn the Hamas terrorists.… https://t.co/y1X6QWgj6A

— Andrew Yang🧢🗽🇺🇸 (@AndrewYang) 1620689286.0

"The people of NYC will always stand with our brothers and sisters in Israel who face down terrorism and persevere," he added.

One person of NYC that did not always stand with Israel was Ocasio-Cortez who was offended that Yang would offer his support to Israelis while he was scheduled to hand out groceries to Muslims celebrating the end of Ramadan, their religious season.

"Utterly shameful for Yang to try to show up to an Eid event after sending out a chest-thumping statement of support for a strike killing 9 children, especially after his silence as Al-Aqsa was attacked," she tweeted on Tuesday.

Utterly shameful for Yang to try to show up to an Eid event after sending out a chest-thumping statement of support… https://t.co/LxKVQ8UalA

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) 1620766146.0

Yang told reporters that the organizers of the event asked him to cancel his appearance.

Hamas fired numerous rockets into Israel from the Gaza Strip after violence erupted between Palestinian protesters and police in Jerusalem. The Israelis retaliated with airstrikes on military targets in the Gaza. Palestinians have reported that as many as 20 people died in the airstrikes, including some children.

On Tuesday violence spilled into the streets of several Israeli cities where Palestinians and their supporters attacked Jews, their homes and their businesses. The mayor of the town of Lod said the attacks were similar of those on Kristallnacht, when Jews were attacked in Nazi Germany.

Skirmishes between the supporters of Israel and those of the Palestinian cause erupted in New York City as well.

Here's more about the expanding conflict in Israel:

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