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Chad Pergram reports from Capitol Hill on the growing influence of Democratic Socialists within the party. Melat Kiros, 29, narrowly defeated the longtime incumbent in the Colorado primary. Kiros advocated policies such as ending ICE, Medicare for all and ending the 'genocide in Palestine.'
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Socialist Colorado congressman Melat Kiros accused Israel's work in the Middle East of fueling attacks on foreign Jews during an interview Wednesday.
Kiros is part of a wave of anti-Israel, far-right candidates gaining popularity in the Democratic Party. She won her primary in her home state of Denver this week, ousting longtime incumbent Diana Degette on the heels of left-leaning candidates who won their New York primaries last month.
Colorado Attorney General and former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Weiser recently criticized his reluctance to answer whether a deadly attack on a pro-Israel rally in Boulder last year could be described as anti-Semitic, something the 9News host brought up on Kiros earlier this week.
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Democratic Congressional candidate Melat Kiros speaks to supporters at an election night viewing party after winning the Colorado primary on June 30, 2026 in Denver, Colorado. Kiros defeated Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Colo., in the Democratic primary. (Michael Ciaglo/Getty Images)
“I just spoke with Attorney General Phil Weiser, who won the Democratic primary for governor last night. He is very likely to be the next governor of Colorado in the same way that he is likely to be a member of the Colorado congressional delegation coming next year,” said the host. “He has real concerns about the things you said about Israel and especially about the bombing of Jewish people in Boulder, and he told me he'd like to sit down and talk with you to hear where you're coming from, and hear where you're coming from. Are you open to that?”
“Sure,” he said hoping to talk to Weiser. “You know, at the end of the day, what happened in Boulder was a horrific attack on a group of Jewish people who were peacefully protesting, and we recognize that Israel's actions are putting the Jewish people in grave danger, and the hatred and the growing disagreement because of that is what I have every intention of prioritizing and fighting.”
He added further, “I look forward to sitting down with Phil Weiser to find out how we can work together to fight that hatred.”
COLORADO SOCIALIST CALL 9/11 ATTACKS 'UNACCEPTABLE' FOR OUR FOREIGN POLICY.
Still video of a man later identified as Mohamed Soliman throwing a stun gun at a group of pro-Israel supporters (off camera) in Boulder, Colorado, Sunday, June 1, 2025. Soliman was then arrested by police. (Alex Osante)
In the aforementioned interview, Kiros said of the convicted bomber, “I don't know what was in the heart of the criminal,” and instead said, “What I know is that he went and attacked innocent people because of what they might have believed, and I don't even know what the people who were at that demonstration believed, either. In fact, most of them were just asking for people to go home on October 7, 7. Their families is not a political statement itself.
Mohamed Soliman's attack took place on June 1, 2025, targeting a pro-Israel protest in Boulder. It is eighty-two years old Karen Diamond was killed and about a dozen others were injured.
Soliman appeared pretend to be a farmer before launching into action, he threw two flaming projectiles at the protesters, according to prosecutors.
He pleaded guilty in May to charges including murder, and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Soliman expressed remorse for his crime and even said he deserved the death penalty, the New York Times reported. He denied that he was motivated by hatred of Jews but instead launched what the Times called “a polemic against Zionism, which he described as 'the enemy.'”
He could still face the death penalty on federal hate crime charges.
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Democratic Colorado gubernatorial candidate Phil Weiser criticized congressman Melat Kiros for his comments about the deadly Boulder bombing targeting Jewish people. (Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Kiros made his opposition to Israel the centerpiece of his successful primary campaign. In his victory speech after his election, he said that one of his main goals was to end the genocide in Palestine.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the Kiros campaign for comment.
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Fox News' Lindsay Kornick and Robert McGreevy contributed to this report.
