Claire Valdez Draws Backlash Over July 4 Palestine Post After Winning June House Primary
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 6
Claire Valdez Draws Backlash Over July 4 Palestine Post After Winning June House Primary
2 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 6
Summary
Claire Valdez, a New York assembly member and likely incoming House Democrat, drew bipartisan social-media backlash after using a July 4 post to vow support for “liberation from Palestine to Puerto Rico” and a Green New Deal.
The criticism centered on timing and tone: commentators said her Independence Day message praised neither the United States nor its founding, instead casting freedom as healthcare, housing, education and workplace dignity under a system “rigged” by billionaires and war profiteers.
Valdez won a June Democratic primary for an open Brooklyn-Queens seat with backing from New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and the district’s heavy Democratic tilt leaves her little expected opposition in November.
Her post also echoed Mamdani’s own July 4 remarks attacking oligarchs, monopolies and inequality, underscoring how New York’s recent socialist primary winners could push congressional Democrats left on Israel aid, taxes and single-payer healthcare.