congresswoman elect Alexandria Ocasio
Cortez surprises a crowd at a Hanukah
event by saying she has Jewish heritage
people don't know that when Kimiko and
one of these that we discovered about
ourselves is that very a very very long
time ago generations and generations ago
my family let's talk about it with
editor-in-chief of The Daily wire Ben
Shapiro Ben welcome great to have you I
know that you've raised some concerns or
at least pointed out that this
potentially does not line up with some
of her political leanings yeah I mean
I'm very sick of politicians just
generally claiming that some sort of
heritage allows them to get off the hook
for their current political positions
I've never heard anything about Ocasio
cortezes Jewish heritage before this
we've seen politicians like Hillary
Clinton John Kerry do the same thing
talking about their Jewish heritage that
they don't actually have to talk about
their policies with regard to Jews
Ocasio Cortez is incredibly close to
people like Linda Sarsour and rashida
talaiya but no Han Omar and she's not
shy with about associating with folks
who are fans of the anti-semitic boycott
divestment sanctions regime so again
it's it's an easy way of avoiding the
question but it has about as much
political weight as somebody being
accused of racism and then saying why
once had a black friend well it's
interesting you bring up BDS and you
brought that up in a tweet today because
she was asked her her spokesperson was
asked about it on Friday and kind of
gave no comment on it and where she
potentially stands on it but you'll have
lit been retweeted what you had said and
said this there's no doubt Ben Shapiro
is the quintessential quote Uncle Tom of
Jews in his mind endorsing BDS somehow
outweighs being Jewish poor Shapiro he
was skillfully shut down by Acacio and
still feels sore over it yeah well I
mean this is the usual line is if you
criticize Ocasio cortes in any way this
is because you were obsessed with Ocasio
Cortez again here's the reality if you
are in favor of boycotts boycotting
divesting and sanctioning the Jewish
state but you're fine with everything
Palestinians are doing the Iranians are
doing the Saudis are doing the Yemenis
are doing the Afghans are doing or any
other country in the region that has no
human rights to speak of but you're
somehow going to boycott Israel because
somebody's building an extra bathroom
you
Jewish East Jerusalem then suddenly
that's that's not anti-semitic of course
it's an systematic by definition I mean
this is the State Department says if you
are to treat Israel in a way you would
treat no other state then this is the
definition of anti-semitism BDS is
anti-semitism and Ocasio Cortez has not
disassociated from anyone who has
associated with with BDS or radical
anti-israel activity I know at one point
you offered up I think it was ten
thousand dollars that you would donate
to charity for her to come and debate
you any response on that it was also she
could come and just do an interview on
my show and I said that you know we can
do it for no pay I mean um but this was
this was considered catcall and she
accused me of catcalling I mean has she
looked at me I'm not exactly a cat
caller the Orthodox Judaism sort of
prohibits that it does okay so keep us
up to date if anything developments on
that front I also want to ask you about
the fact that you've been named as a
keynote speaker for the March for life
it is something that we've covered for
years I've been out there many times
myself come in snowstorm or sleet or
anything else that's happening in
January there are thousands and
thousands of people who come here to
March commemorating roe v-- wade they
are pro-life in nature tell us how you
came about being associated with them
and what message you hope to bring this
year well I mean the March for Life is
an amazing event I've been watching it
for years and I never had a chance to
attend when they came to me and offered
a keynote slot at the March for Life I
thought what better way to bring
attention to the most pressing social
issue in America and of the time it is
the moral issue upon which all Americans
will be judged I think not only in this
life but but in another and future
generations are gonna look back and
wonder how it is that so many Americans
stood by and basically shrugged their
shoulders as babies in the womb were
killed for the sake of convenience so I
couldn't be more excited about standing
with the folks who are marching for life
and standing with the unborn what I
asked you if you were surprised at all
that you got some pushback in the
Washington Post in order article by
Charles chemisty he's professor and he's
a board member of Democrats for life
he says despite suit Shapiro starpower
in stature I consider his appearance a
serious mistake for the March one that
will move us even further from being
understood as the broad-based human
rights movement we need to embody in
order to go from fringe to mainstream he
tweeted this
hey March for Life who will be featured
this year to represent the millions and
millions of pro lifers who don't
if I as politically conservative well I
mean again I'm more than happy and I
wish that there were more Democrats who
identified as pro-life but the question
here is not whether it's a conservative
or leftist issue the real question here
is whether it is indeed about the unborn
children and that's why whatever I've
said about abortion has no relevance to
Democrat a Republican other than the
Democratic Party has become the party of
abortion I wish that more Democrats were
pro-life it is not my fault or the fault
of Republicans that so many Democrats
have moved out of the pro-life category
and into the radical pro-choice category
and pretending otherwise is not going to
change the facts on the ground well
wherever you are on the spectrum
pro-life to pro-choice it's a really
interesting event that doesn't always
get covered fairly I think here in
Washington so I encourage people to you
know check it out for themselves
and make an objective assessment of what
goes on their bench Bureau great to see
you thanks for coming on good to see it
too thanks so much