DSA Florida House candidate appears to cut interview short when journo fact-checks his Israel genocide claim
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WASHINGTON — A Democratic Socialists of America candidate running for Congress in Florida appeared to cut a weekend TV interview short when the journo started fact-checking his allegation that Israel is committing genocide.
Wannabe House member Oliver Larkin, who is vying to unseat Dem Rep. Jared Moskowitz, pointed to the United Nations, Amnesty International and some Israeli human-rights organizations in trying to make the claim, but top “This Week in South Florida” host Glenna Milberg wasn’t having it.
“That is factually incorrect,” she bluntly told him. “There’s the definition of genocide in the UN. The UN has said this does not apply to what many people might think of as a disproportionate wartime action.
The two went back and forth, and then Milberg announced that she was “being told we have to wrap.”
The Post contacted Larkin’s campaign for possible information about why the interview was seemingly cut short, but has yet to get a r…