Melat Kiros Declines to Call Deadly Boulder Rally Firebombing Antisemitic After 1 Death
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 3
Melat Kiros Declines to Call Deadly Boulder Rally Firebombing Antisemitic After 1 Death
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 3
Summary
Melat Kiros, fresh off a Denver primary win over Rep. Diana DeGette, said she could not say whether the Boulder firebombing of a pro-Israel rally was antisemitic, despite repeated questioning in a June 9News interview.
Kiros said she did not know “what was in the heart of the perpetrator” and argued the debate over antisemitism versus anti-Zionism mattered less than condemning violence against innocent people.
Phil Weiser, Colorado’s attorney general and Democratic nominee for governor, said that stance concerned him because Mohamed Sabry Soliman had already been convicted on all charges, including a hate crime.
Weiser called the attack that killed 82-year-old Karen Diamond and wounded about a dozen others an antisemitic assault, saying “Jewish lives matter” without qualification.
The dispute adds scrutiny to Kiros as progressive politics gain ground in Colorado after her upset primary victory over a longtime incumbent.