Dem CO gov nominee calls out DSA candidate for antisemitism comment
Summary
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, who won the Democratic primary for governor, said he would challenge Melat Kiros, a Democratic candidate for Congress, because she did not call the 2025 firebomb attack on Jewish activists in Boulder antisemitic. Kiros, a democratic socialist and former lawyer, unexpectedly defeated the current Representative Diana DeGette in the primary.Key Facts
- Phil Weiser is the Colorado Attorney General and the Democratic nominee for governor.
- Melat Kiros is running for Congress as a Democrat and identifies as a democratic socialist.
- Kiros defeated incumbent Representative Diana DeGette in the congressional primary.
- There was a deadly firebomb attack on Jewish activists in Boulder in 2025.
- Kiros did not publicly say that the attack was antisemitic.
- Weiser plans to confront Kiros about her refusal to condemn the attack as antisemitic.
- The issue involves concerns about antisemitism within political candidates.
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