Rep. Jamaal Bowman and his marketing campaign have 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 main marketing campaign.
Underneath Hamas rule Jews weren’t allowed in Gaza, and the one ones there now are hostages and IDF troopers trying 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 change into probably the most vocal critics of Israel and defenders of Hamas in Congress.
He’s at the moment locked in a fierce main battle with Westchester County Govt George Latimer, with polls suggesting Latimer might beat him badly.
“I actually hope you win, I’d like to host a fundraiser with you,” Goldstein messaged Bowman in a non-public X message on April 11. The message prompted a reply from the congressman’s account simply half-hour later.
“Thanks, how will we get in contact with you?” Bowman requested. Goldstein promised Bowman she has raised a whole bunch of 1000’s of {dollars} earlier than, including “my anti-zionist group can’t wait to assist.”
“Hello Rabbi, that is Bowman’s employees, we’ll have a member of our finance group 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 support convoy to the @Columbia campus,” Goldstein posted final 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” in opposition to Egyptians; and posed with photoshopped terrorists in entrance of a “Menorah for Justice” fabricated from rockets.
She has urged Hamas fighters to apply 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 Publish when requested concerning the alternate.
A rep for Bowman dismissed the alternate as a “customary employees response to a direct message.”
