Rep. Jeffries Blasts Socialist Group for Targeting Him With ‘Racist Trope’

Published on November 20, 2023

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) has castigated the New York City chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) for using the “racially inflammatory” imagery of a watermelon slice to promote a pro-Palestinian protest outside the black congressman’s New York office. The DSA used the image in a Nov. 15 social media post advertising a protest against Mr. Jeffries for his support of Israel amid the nation’s ongoing conflict with the Gaza-based terrorist group Hamas. “The watermelon has long been deployed as a dehumanizing racist trope by white supremacists in America,” wrote Andy Eichar, the minority leader’s New York communications director, in a statement....

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