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Sen. Ted Cruz called out frequent political adversary Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez this week after the Bronx and Queens lawmaker condemned Kanye West’s recent anti-Semitic messages, which led him to be kicked off Instagram and Twitter.

On Sunday, AOC called on her supporters to “reject” recent statements from the rap star-turned-full-time provocateur that implied Jews control the music industry.

West, legally known as Ye, also tweeted Sunday that he would go “death con 3 [sic] On JEWISH PEOPLE,” misusing a term that describes a drastic US military mobilization.

“There is absolutely no room in this country or world for antisemitism,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote. “It is important to see how harmful + dangerous Kanye’s words are – not only to our Jewish brothers, sisters, & siblings, but also to our collective society at large.”

Cruz, a Texas Republican who often clashes with the progressive lawmaker and her “Squad” of left-wing allies, responded Monday by alluding to Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib’s history of incendiary statements about Israel.


  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called Kanye West’s anti-Semitic tweets “harmful” and “dangerous.” Twitter Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called Kanye West’s anti-Semitic tweets “harmful” and “dangerous.” Twitter

  Sen. Ted Cruz demands Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “censure the Squad” on Twitter.
 Sen. Ted Cruz demands Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez “censure the Squad” on Twitter.

“So you’ll be voting to censure the Squad?,” Cruz wrote.

Tlaib, a Michigan congresswoman, said last year that progressives should not support Israel, claiming “the need to oppose Israel’s government’s apartheid rule is obvious.”

Omar, a Somali-born Muslim who represents Minnesota, has previously equated Israel with the Taliban and suggested that the US has a close relationship with the Jewish state because Washington politicians were being paid off.

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Sen. Ted Cruz
Sen. Ted Cruz lashed out after Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez criticized Kanye West’s anti-Semitic messages.Lev Radin/Pacific Press via ZUMA Press Wire
Critics have scorned Kanye West for wearing a “White Lives Matter” shirt with Candace Owens.
Critics have scorned Kanye West for wearing a “White Lives Matter” shirt with Candace Owens.Twitter/Candace Owens
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Kanye West accused the music industy of being controlled by “JEWISH PEOPLE” on Twitter.
Kanye West accused the music industy of being controlled by “JEWISH PEOPLE” on Twitter.Twitter
Kanye West interview with Tucker Carlson
Kanye West was recently suspended from Instagram and Twitter.Fox News
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaking at a City Hall Rally celebrating Taxi medallion owner debt relief deal.
Republicans argue Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is anti-Semitic for condemning Israel’s conflicts against Palestine. William Farrington
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Omar also lashed out at a group of her Jewish Democratic House colleagues last year, saying in a CNN interview that “they haven’t been partners in justice.”

Republican lawmakers have repeatedly criticized Omar over her statements, with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.)  vowing to remove Omar from her seat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee if the GOP takes the House of Representatives in next month’s midterm election.

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