Andrew Yang
“The Flatbush Jewish community, our leadership, residents, yeshivah leaders, parents and business owners all agree that, for our community, the No. 1 issue in the election was public safety,” said community leader Chaskel Bennett.
The leadership of the Satmar Chasidim in New York announced that they are backing of Brooklyn Borough president Eric Adams for mayor after previously endorsing his closest competitor former Democratic mayoral candidate Andrew Yang.
His original tweet sparked #YangSupportsGenocide; as a result, Muslim organizers canceled a pre-planned food drive with him to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
Democrat Andrew Yang on Twitter: “I’m standing with the people of Israel who are coming under bombardment attacks and condemn the Hamas terrorists.”
Andrew Yang was asked to clarify his stance on the BDS movement following conflicting remarks he made at a forum on March 18 that was hosted by Emgage, a Muslim-American advocacy organization.
New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang said he has an issue with organizations that don’t disavow “very, very violent tactics” towards Israel, though he doesn’t have an issue with individuals or activists “making a case for what they think is right.”
Andrew Yang, now a candidate for New York City’s top job, has said that “a Yang administration will push back against the BDS movement, which singles out Israel for unfair economic punishment.”
In response to a question by “The New York Times”: “Should all Palestinian refugees and their descendants have the right to return to Israel?” Yang simply answered “Yes.”
It prompted New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to interrupt moderator Don Lemon, saying, “We’re on the march to war in Iran right now!”
“It’s sort of pushed on parents in many situations,” entrepreneur Andrew Yang, 44, told “The Daily Beast,” adding that it’s a “cultural onus” applied to families.