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NYU students confront Chelsea Clinton, say she ‘stoked’ hatred behind New Zealand shootings

A student cornered Chelsea Clinton at an NYU vigil for the New Zealand massacre victims and blamed her for inciting murderous anti-Muslim hatred — prompting fellow first-family member Donald Trump Jr. to jump to her defense.

“After all that you have done, all the Islamophobia that you have stoked,” senior Leen Dweik angrily tells Clinton in a since-deleted viral video posted Friday night by student activist Rose Asaf. “This right here is the result of a massacre stoked by people like you and the words you have put out in the world.

“The 49 people died because of the rhetoric you put out there,” seethed Dweik, wearing a Bernie Sanders 2020 T-shirt — and referring to Clinton’s criticism of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s comments about Israel last month.





“I’m so sorry you feel that way,” Clinton, a co-founder of NYU’s multicultural center who is pregnant with her third child, responded, prompting other students to chime in.

“What does ‘I’m sorry you feel that way’ mean? What does that mean?” a person shouted from the crowd.

The ugly confrontation Friday inside NYU’s Kimmel Center prompted an unlikely GOP defender to step forward the next day as the video went viral.

“It’s sickening to see people blame @ChelseaClinton for the NZ attacks because she spoke out against anti-Semitism,” Trump Jr. tweeted Saturday morning. “We should all be condemning anti-Semitism & all forms of hate. Chelsea should be praised for speaking up. Anyone who doesn’t understand this is part of the problem.”

While Asaf’s Twitter account was disabled as the backlash poured in Saturday, Dweik doubled down on her comments — and blamed her anger on non-Muslims who attended the NYU vigil.





“All of this stems from the anger and sadness I felt sitting in a space that was supposed to center me and my fellow muslims in mourning and instead became a space in which non-muslims preached about love while turning around and supporting violent campaigns against muslims globally,” Dweik wrote.

Asaf and Dweik are both supporters of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign. They co-sponsored a resolution passed by the student government in December asking the university to cut ties with three Israeli companies. The university rejected the proposal.





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