Overview

• NYPD officers found red paint splattered over the Herschell Street office and a sign reading “AOC funds genocide in Gaza” early Monday, and the investigation remains open with no arrests.
• A fringe group calling itself the Boogie Down Liberation Front claimed responsibility, condemning Ocasio-Cortez’s vote against defunding Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense.
• Campaign manager Oliver Hidalgo-Wohlleben reported that the congresswoman has received multiple death threats and is working with security partners to protect her staff and volunteers.
• Ocasio-Cortez used social media to clarify that she opposed the amendment because it targeted only defensive aid while leaving offensive munitions intact.
• The incident underscores the heightened personal risks lawmakers face as debates over U.S. military aid to Israel grow increasingly polarized.