“I will be one of the Jewish members of Congress most willing to stand up for Palestinian human rights,” he told the crowd at his victory party in Brooklyn.
Brad Lander, a former New York City comptroller who is Jewish, delivered a victory speech in the backyard of Gowanus, a Brooklyn beer garden, after defeating Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) in the Democratic primary for New York’s 10th Congressional District on Tuesday night.
As the crowd chanted “Brad, Brad! Brad, Brad!” Lander, whom New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani supported, called for “a new humanism” in politics.
“I will be one of the Jewish members of Congress most willing to stand up for Palestinian human rights,” Lander told the crowd. “I will stand firmly against bigotry aimed at Jews.”
Lander, who pushed Goldman to say that Israel is guilty of “genocide” leading up to the election, defeated the incumbent by a wide margin. He had 55,060 votes (65.8%) to Goldman’s 28,445 (34%), with about 90% of votes counted at press time, according to the Associated Press.
