New York Assembly member Claire Valdez’s Fourth of July social media post featuring a pro-Palestinian message sparked backlash over the weekend, with commentators across the political spectrum blasting her priorities.
Valdez, a socialist poised to represent a deep-blue New York City congressional district in Congress, made the comments Saturday as Americans nationwide celebrated the countrys 250th birthday.
The Democratic Socialists of America-backed candidates post did not appear to praise any aspect of the United States or pay tribute to the countrys founding.
Valdez wrote that she would continue to “fight for liberation from Palestine to Puerto Rico, for a for the world we deserve,” on the social media platform X.
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“Actually, the Fourth of July isn’t about Palestine,” commentator Stephen Miller griped at Valdez in response.
“Modern Democratic Party: The Fourth of July is a fight to free Palestine,” Salem Radio Network host Scott Jennings observed.
“These people have no idea what the Declaration is for no[r] any understanding of the purpose of our government,” journalist Brianna Lyman wrote.
Valdez won a Democratic primary election in June for an open House seat spanning Brooklyn and Queens, with the backing of New York City Mayor Given the progressive bastions heavily Democratic tilt, the House hopeful is expected to face little competition in Novembers general election.
She is one of several socialists who trounced establishment-aligned Democrats in the Empire States primaries, marking a major victory for the of the party.
Valdez and the other Democratic nominees â former New York City Comptroller Brad Lander and activist Darializa Avila Chevalier â have called for ending military aid to Israel, enacting Green New Deal-style legislation and Medicare for All, which would create a government-run single-payer system.
The trio is likely to push Democrats to support tax hikes on the highest earners if elected to Congress and have frequently argued that the wealthy and big corporations are responsible for the countrys problems.
“Freedom is only possible when we have the conditions for the good life â healthcare, housing, education, and dignity on the job,” Valdez also wrote on social media Saturday. “But the system is rigged and our planet poisoned by billionaires, bosses, and war profiteers.”
Commentators hammered Valdez for focusing on what she viewed as the country’s flaws on Independence Day, while blasting her socialist policies.
“The commitment some people have to being absolutely insufferable and miserable is almost admirable,” former Biden White House press office Chief of Staff Yemisi Egbewole wrote on social media. “Its the Fourth of July. Eat a hot dog. Watch fireworks. Call your family. Love the country that gave you the freedom to post this nonsense.
“Claire Valdez won her districts rich precincts and high-education ones 64 to 27. She lost low-income areas by 32 points and Black ones by 50 points,” NewsNations Batya Ungar-Sargon observed. “This anti-America claptrap is trust fund socialism â vanity morals of the elite that operate as a smokescreen for their privilege.”
Valdez’s post echoed Mamd
