World Series champ calls out AOC over response to Boulder attack
'Fox News @ Night' panelists Jonathan Gilliam and Eli Tsives discuss antisemitic incidents in the United States and a terror attack in Colorado.
Former MLB star Kevin Youkilis called out Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., after the lawmaker reacted to the attack on those who called for the release of Israeli hostages in Hamas captivity in Boulder, Colorado, over the weekend.
Ocasio-Cortez wrote in a post on social media on Monday she was "horrified" by the attack.
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New York Yankees third baseman Kevin Youkilis, #36, during batting practice before the game against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park in Detroit on April 6, 2013. (Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports)
"My heart is with the victims and our Jewish communities across the country," she added. "Antisemitism is on the rise here at home, and we have a moral responsibility to confront and stop it everywhere it exists."
The two-time World Series champion, who is Jewish, called out Ocasio-Cortez and wondered what she had done to confront those who have called for intifadas in New York.
"Jews are targeted with violence and it's the same virtue signal post time and time again," he wrote on X in response. "What have you done to confront those calling for intifadas in NYC? Until you create a plan of action, your repeated virtue signaling after the violence occurs holds no weight."
Youkilis is mostly known for his time with the Boston Red Sox, but he played for the New York Yankees in the final year of his MLB career in 2013.
When asked what he wanted the Democrat lawmaker to do, Youkilis responded, "Confront the radical mobs chanting for intifadas in NYC.
"That would be brave leadership, but we know politicians, on