A self-proclaimed anti-Israel group, Boogie Down Liberation Front, appeared to take credit for the incident. “The Bronx is sick and tired of people like AOC and Ritchie Torres using us as a stepping stone for their own political careers,” they said in a statement given to the Post that was published on X by an independent journalist.

Ocasio-Cortez’s Bronx office was smeared in red paint as activists accused the congresswoman of ‘funding genocide in Gaza’

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has received death threats in recent days and had a campaign office vandalized with a message criticizing her for supporting Israel’s war in Gaza, the campaign manager for the New York congresswoman said Monday.