‘AOC funds genocide’: Graffiti defaces campaign office as AOC rebukes ‘lies’ over Israel vote

Published July 21, 2025 6:12pm ET



A campaign office for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D–NY) was vandalized over the weekend with bright red graffiti that read “AOC funds genocide in Gaza.”

Police responded to the scene around 1 a.m. Monday, after the slogan was discovered painted across the entrance. The vandalism comes in the wake of a contentious vote last week in which Ocasio-Cortez opposed a Republican-led amendment by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R–GA) that would have slashed $500 million from Israel’s missile defense funding. Ocasio-Cortez, who has vocally condemned Israeli actions in Gaza, defended her vote, arguing the amendment would only defund the defensive Iron Dome system, while leaving offensive weapon support untouched.

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