AOC Responds After Socialist Wins House Primary

“Inevitable in the sense that we destabilized a lot of the Middle East that forced people to believe that another act of violence was the only response,” Kiros told 9News when asked if she thought the terror attack was “the inevitable consequence of American foreign policy.”

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Socialist candidate Melat Kiros, who was born in Ethiopia, just defeated 15-term incumbent Diana DeGette in the Democratic primary in Colorado.

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“I don’t know what was in the heart of the perpetrator,” Kiros told Colorado’s 9News in a recent television interview. “All I know is that he went and attacked innocent people because of what they might have believed.”

“And again, just like I said before, our responsibility is to get rid of those conditions that lead to violence in the first place,” Kiros continued

A June 2025 bipartisan resolution condemning the attack as part of a “rise in ideologically motivated attacks on Jewish individuals” won every present lawmaker’s support, except for Reps. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., and Thomas Massie, R-Ky., who voted present.

“Could I be president?” Ocasio-Cortez told Fox News. “Could I not be president? Maybe, maybe not.”

She suggested that accomplishing universal healthcare would be a greater measure of success than obtaining any specific title, including the presidency.

She also referred to the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks against the Jewish state as the “inevitable consequence of apartheid” and wouldn’t categorize the firebombing of protesters in Boulder last year who were demanding the release of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza as antisemitic

She argued that the true value of holding office lies in what can be achieved through it.