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Democrat rips NY Mag 'anti-Israel hit piece' on him using wrong photo: 'Not all Black people look the same'
Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., took New York Magazine to task for using another Black politician’s photo in what he called an “anti-Israel hit piece” targeting him.
On Friday, New York Magazine published an article targeting Torres, former Rep. Mondaire Jones, D-N.Y., and Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., for their outspoken support for Israel since Oct. 7. They came under criticism for saying they no longer identify with the progressive movement, with Torres recently saying, “I didn’t leave the progressive movement; the progressive movement left me.”
“Torres is not a hypocrite. If we take him at his word, he’s been a Zionist for a long time. But he’s not being entirely truthful about the progressive movement or his place within it either. The movement didn’t leave him: He left it, if indeed he was ever fully part of it, by making a series of deliberate choices. One such choice is to support Israel despite the unbelievable brutality it has inflicted on Palestinians in Gaza,” Sarah Jones of New York Magazine’s Intelligencer wrote.
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Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., speaks onstage at the March For Israel at the National Mall on Nov. 14, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Noam Galai/Getty Images)
Featured at the top of the article was an illustration that included Fetterman, Jones and Democratic New York Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado, who was not mentioned in the piece, instead of Torres.
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The magazine’s error went viral and quickly caught the attention of the Democratic lawmaker.
“If New York Magazine is going to publish an Anti-Israel hit piece by Sarah Jones, then at least do enough due diligence to get the photo right. I am not Antonio Delgado,” Torres scolded the magazine.
“Not all Black people look the same,” he added.
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Democratic New York Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado (L) and Rep. Ritchie Torres (R) (Left photo by Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images | Right photo by ABC/Paula Lobo via Getty)
The illustration in the article was later updated to include Torres’ image and remove Delgado.
An editor’s note was also added to the bottom of the article reading, “A photo-illustration in a previous version of this story incorrectly included Antonio Delgado, not Ritchie Torres.”
New York Magazine’s parent company Vox Media did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Nova festival survivor Ofir Amir (L) speaks with US Rep. Ritchie Torres (R) during a visit to the Nova festival memorial on April 01, 2024 in Re’im, Israel. The Democratic congressman from the Bronx arrived in Israel for a 48-hour UJA trip with other members from the Bronx community. (Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images)
Torres and Fetterman have emerged as two of the most prominent pro-Israel voices in the Democratic Party since Israel launched its military response in Gaza following Hamas’ terrorist attack last year.
Last week, Fetterman told HBO’s Bill Maher of progressivism, “I didn’t leave the label, it left me.”
“After what happened on October 7, I really knew that whole progressive stack would be blasted apart and there would not be any kind of way how the Democrats are going to be able to reply to that kind of response,” Fetterman said. “And I really decided early on that I believe that was gonna be the right side with Israel throughout all of that… Democrats would continue to peel away and kind of walk away from standing with Israel on that.”
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Buffalo Sabres (50-23-9, in the Atlantic Division) vs. Boston Bruins (45-27-10, in the Atlantic Division)
Boston; Sunday, 2 p.m. EDT
LINE: Bruins -115, Sabres -105; over/under is 6
NHL PLAYOFFS FIRST ROUND: Sabres lead series 2-1
BOTTOM LINE: The Buffalo Sabres visit the Boston Bruins in the first round of the NHL Playoffs with a 2-1 lead in the series. The teams meet Thursday for the eighth time this season. The Sabres won 3-1 in the last meeting.
Boston has a 45-27-10 record overall and a 12-14-3 record in Atlantic Division games. The Bruins rank second in league play serving 11.9 penalty minutes per game.
Buffalo has a 50-23-9 record overall and an 18-7-4 record in Atlantic Division play. The Sabres have a 46-4-8 record when scoring three or more goals.
TOP PERFORMERS: Morgan Geekie has 39 goals and 29 assists for the Bruins. Mark Kastelic has three goals and one assist over the last 10 games.
Rasmus Dahlin has 19 goals and 55 assists for the Sabres. Alex Tuch has scored six goals and added four assists over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Bruins: 3-5-2, averaging 2.4 goals, 4.5 assists, 4.4 penalties and 10.7 penalty minutes while giving up 2.3 goals per game.
Sabres: 6-3-1, averaging 3.4 goals, 5.7 assists, 5.3 penalties and 14.4 penalty minutes while giving up 2.5 goals per game.
INJURIES: Bruins: None listed.
Sabres: Jiri Kulich: out for season (ear), Sam Carrick: out (arm), Josh Norris: day to day (undisclosed), Justin Danforth: out for season (kneecap).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
Pittsburg, PA
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Fairfield police announced that the Jennings Beach Carnival has been canceled for Saturday and Sunday.
The department made the announcement on their Facebook page and cited public safety concerns during Friday night’s event.
According to police, officers were called in large numbers, with help from the Bridgeport Police Department, to manage “unusually large and disorderly crowds.” Police said the crowd was made up mostly of unsupervised juveniles.
Police said that throughout Friday evening, there were multiple incidents where attendees believed shots had been fired or that fights had broken out, which led to “panic, chaos, and crowd surges.”
Officers who were at the scene already looked into the reports and found no evidence that shots had been fired.
According to police, the size and movement of the crowds caused some families to be separated and required officers to reconnect parents with their children. Police said they also got numerous reports of fights and disturbances in different areas of the Jennings Beach grounds and parking lots.
Large groups also began running in multiple directions, including some into surrounding neighborhoods, police said. Crowds numbering in the hundreds also gathered at the Chick-fil-A and surrounding businesses, where other fights broke out, and people illegally congregated, needing more police and help from the Connecticut State Police.
Police said the decision to cancel the carnival was made in the interest of public safety and supported by the McKindley PTA, which sponsored the carnival.
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