NY-15: Michael Blake (D) draws fire for Congressional campaign launch video
An early campaign ad by Michael Blake, who is challenging Rep. Ritchie Torres for the District 15 Congressional seat, caught the attention of two prominent Bronx Democratic clubs, who accuse Blake of political opportunism and stoking divisiveness.
Blake’s two-minute video includes social media clips of people denouncing Torres’ staunch support of Israel, among them being 19-year-old Guy Christensen, who previously posted a now-removed video in which he appeared to support the May fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington, D.C.
Christensen, who has a large social media following under the handle “YourFavoriteGuy, was expelled from college and censored by the social media platform for appearing to encourage the killings. He is now being represented by the ACLU in a lawsuit against The Ohio State University for the expulsion.
Blake’s ad includes a clip of Christensen saying, “Ritchie Torres was just exposed for secretly investing in genocide.”
https://www.bxtimes.com/michael-blake-campaign-launch-video/