More Than 100 Democrats Vote Against Resolution Denouncing Antisemitic Boulder Fire Attack

More than 100 House Democrats voted on Monday against a resolution condemning the recent fire attack in Boulder, Colorado, on people demonstrating in support of hostages kidnapped by Hamas in the October 7, 2023, assault on Israel.

The measure, which denounces the “antisemitic terrorist attack in Boulder, Colorado” and offers a critique of the U.S. immigration system because the suspect was an illegal immigrant, passed with strong bipartisan support from 205 Republicans and 75 Democrats. However, 113 Democrats opposed the resolution, leaving them open to broadsides from Republicans.

“House Democrats just sided with terrorists over cops and couldn’t even bring themselves to condemn antisemitism. They’re officially the antisemite and anti-cop caucus,” Mike Marinella, a spokesperson for the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), said in a statement.

Meanwhile, the Republican Jewish Coalition posted a list on X of all the Democrats who voted against the resolution, calling their opposition “shameful.”

Here are the names of the 113 House Democrats who just voted AGAINST @RepGabeEvans’ resolution denouncing the antisemitic terrorist attack in Boulder, Colorado.

Shameful. pic.twitter.com/jBOZXcRjBF

— RJC (@RJC) June 9, 2025

The resolution notes Mohamed Sabry Soliman, who is now facing hate crime and many other charges in connection to the June 1 firebombing in Boulder, allegedly shouted “Free Palestine” and spoke about wanting to kill all the Zionists.

In addition, it mentions Soliman is an Egyptian national who overstayed his visa and his case “demonstrates the dangers of not removing from the country aliens who fail to comply with the terms of their visas.” The resolution also expresses gratitude to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) — a federal agency derided by some Democrats.

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) chided Rep. Gabe Evans (R-CO), who introduced the resolution, during a press conference before the vote.

“Who is this guy? He’s not seriously concerned with combating antisemitism in America. This is not a serious effort. This guy’s going to be a one-term member of Congress. He’s a complete and total embarrassment,” Jeffries said. The top Democrat also called the resolution and Evans a “joke.”

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) fired back at Jeffries in a post on X.

“Only radical Democrats would call it a joke to denounce antisemitic terrorism and express gratitude to law enforcement for detaining the terrorist here illegally who perpetrated the Boulder attack,” Scalise said. “Appreciate [Evans] — a veteran and former law enforcement officer – for leading on this important resolution.”

Evans, a first-term congressman who is a former Army Black Hawk helicopter pilot and police officer, also delivered a retort.

“I served our nation in uniform in the Middle East, as a cop in Colorado, & now as a Congressman,” Evans said on X. “This wildly offensive sentiment from Democrat’s Leader is why antisemitism persists. The Left is unserious about finding real solutions. Condemning terrorism is not a joking matter.”

Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO), who represents Boulder, had pushed for the House to go with his own resolution condemning the attack and criticized the measure from Evans. Among his complaints were that it contained small “inaccuracies” and failed to recognize the Boulder Police Department or FBI for their response to the firebombing — only ICE, “the one agency that was not in Boulder that day.”

Still, Neguse ended up voting to pass the measure from Evans, which did affirm “that free and open communication between State and local law enforcement and their Federal counterparts remains the bedrock of public safety and is necessary in preventing terrorist attacks.”

A Democrat who voted against the resolution, Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY), griped about how arguing the Boulder attack is a “reflection” of the U.S. immigration system “uses Jews as a partisan pawn.”

Nearly all House Republicans and Democrats joined together to pass another resolution from Rep. Jeff Van Drew (R-NJ) condemning antisemitic violence across the United States — including the Boulder firebombing — in the midst of a “disturbing pattern of targeted aggression” that also encompasses the recent killing of two Israeli Embassy staffers in Washington, D.C., and an arson attack on the home of Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, who is Jewish.

Trump Admin Sanctions Sons Of ‘El Chapo,’ Leaders Of Sinaloa Cartel’s Fentanyl Factories

The Trump administration on Monday placed new sanctions on a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel responsible for fentanyl production and trafficking.

The Treasury Department also announced sanctions on two sons of the notorious drug kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman Loera. Guzman’s sons, Archivaldo Ivan Guzman Salazar and Jesus Alfredo Guzman Salazar, are “fugitive leaders” of the Los Chapitos, a faction of the Sinaloa Cartel that runs fentanyl factories and trafficking routes into the United States.

“Los Chapitos is a powerful, hyperviolent faction of the Sinaloa Cartel at the forefront of fentanyl trafficking into the United States,” said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. “At the Department of the Treasury, we are executing on President Trump’s mandate to completely eliminate drug cartels and take on violent leaders like ‘El Chapo’s’ children. Treasury is maximizing all available tools to stop the fentanyl crisis and help save lives.”

Los Chapitos has been identified as a top manufacturer of fentanyl pills through its many factories. Many of those pills are trafficked into the United States, fueling the U.S. drug trade and contributing to the tens of thousands of fentanyl overdose deaths in the United States every year.

The Sinaloa faction has also been linked to torture, extortion, and kidnapping, among other violent acts, and the turf wars it has fought against other drug cartels are believed to have taken hundreds of lives. The Sinaloa Cartel has also been linked to the 2024 killing of U.S. Marine Nicholas Quets in Sonora, Mexico.

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“The designation of the Sinaloa Cartel as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) was a vital first step in honoring Nicholas’ memory and protecting other Americans from suffering similar tragedies. It sends a clear message: Those who target U.S. citizens — no matter where they are — will face the full force of American resolve,” Quets’ father, Doug Quets, said in a statement.

The Department of State has placed a $10 million bounty on each of the “fugitive leaders” of Los Chapitos. The drug kingpin’s other two sons, Ovidio Guzman Lopez and Joaquin Guzman Lopez, are in U.S. custody along with their father.

Ovidio was arrested in Mexico in 2023, extradited to the United States, and is facing charges in Chicago on money laundering, drug, and gun offenses. Federal authorities arrested Joaquin last year in Texas where he is being held on charges related to money laundering, drug trafficking, and other crimes.

“El Chapo” has been found guilty on dozens of charges in the United States and is serving out a life sentence at a supermax facility in Colorado. The drug lord previously escaped two high-security prisons in Mexico before he was taken into custody by U.S. authorities.

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