““Get Out, Zionist”: NYC Congressional Nominee Brad Lander, Who Held “RSS Killed Gandhi” Placard, Heckled & Told To Leave Anti-RSS Protest”, TheCommuneMag, 31 Aug 2026.
“Democratic congressional nominee and former New York City Comptroller Brad Lander was aggressively heckled by fellow protesters during an anti-RSS demonstration outside Madison Square Garden on August 29, after hard-left protesters accused him of being a “Zionist”.
Lander, a Jewish progressive Democrat running for the US House of Representatives from New York’s 10th Congressional District, had attended the demonstration to oppose the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) event at Madison Square Garden.
Earlier, joining hands with Khalistani supporter Pieter Friedrich, he had even publicly held a placard declaring “RSS KILLED GANDHI”, alongside the messages “MSG SAYS WELCOME” and “#RSSOutOfNYC”. However, his attempt to join the protest quickly turned into an episode of infighting, with protesters telling him to leave because of his continued identification as a liberal Zionist…………………”
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