Ritchie Torres. Photo: Reuters / Brendan McDermid.
An outspoken pro-Israel incoming progressive congressman will not be joining the left-wing “Squad” in the US Congress, partly due to their anti-Israel stances, he announced over the weekend.
Ritchie Torres, who won his race in the South Bronx in the November elections, and is set to become the first openly gay Black or Latino man to serve in Congress, has been noted for combining strong progressive politics with support for Israel and Zionism.
New York Post he said
, “I came to observe that there are activists who have a visceral hatred for Israel as though it were the root of all evil.”