Rep. Jamaal Bowman and his marketing campaign had been duped by the parody social-media account of the faux “Chief Rabbi of Gaza.”
The phony X account of “Rabbi Linda Goldstein” is notorious for spouting anti-Zionist vitriol to ensnare unsuspecting progressives unaware that it’s satirical.
The rabbi messaged Bowman about sponsoring a fundraiser for his Democratic major marketing campaign.
Beneath Hamas rule Jews weren’t allowed in Gaza, and the one ones there now are hostages and IDF troopers making an attempt to rescue them — one thing Bowman evidently didn’t choose up on when he started corresponding with the account.
Bowman, a member of the far-left Home “Squad,” has grow to be some of the vocal critics of Israel and defenders of Hamas in Congress.
He’s at the moment locked in a fierce major battle with Westchester County Government George Latimer, with polls suggesting Latimer could beat him badly.
“I actually hope you win, I’d like to host a fundraiser with you,” Goldstein messaged Bowman in a personal X message on April 11. The message prompted a reply from the congressman’s account simply half-hour later.
“Thanks, how can we get in contact with you?” Bowman requested. Goldstein promised Bowman she has raised a whole lot of hundreds of {dollars} earlier than, including “my anti-zionist group can’t wait to assist.”
“Hello Rabbi, that is Bowman’s workers, we’ll have a member of our finance staff comply with up with you,” learn one other direct message from Bowman’s account, noting, “We’re grateful.”
Goldstein’s schtick as an over-the-top Palestinian-loving rabbi has received her a cult following.
“I’m organizing an help convoy to the @Columbia campus,” Goldstein posted last week. “We want: Glamp Tents; Volunteer Baristas; Oat Milk; Keffiyeh’s; Canada Goose Jackets; and Alo Leggings.”
In different tweets she has condemned Passover as Israeli “genocide” against Egyptians; and posed with photoshopped terrorists in entrance of a “Menorah for Justice” made of rockets.
She has urged Hamas fighters to practice social distancing in terror tunnels.
The account is operated by a pro-Israel lawyer named Michael who declined to supply his final title.
“Antisemitism is a low IQ illness,” Michael quipped to The Put up when requested concerning the alternate.
A rep for Bowman dismissed the alternate as a “customary workers response to a direct message.”
