Far-left Colorado Democratic congressional candidate Melat Kiros, 29, who recently defeated a long-serving incumbent in the Colorado primary, has come under scrutiny for her remarks regarding a deadly firebombing at a pro-Israel rally in Boulder last year.

In an interview with 9News, Kiros hesitated to label the attack, which killed 82-year-old Karen Diamond and wounded a dozen others, as antisemitic. She stated, "I don't know what was in the heart of the perpetrator," and added, "All 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 that were at that protest believed, too. In fact, most of them were probably just there to, you know, ask that the people who were kidnapped during October 7 be returned home to their families."

Colorado Attorney General and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Phil Weiser expressed concern over Kiros's reluctance to acknowledge the attack as antisemitic. He condemned her hesitance, emphasizing that the judicial system had judged the incident a hate crime. Weiser referred to the crime as an "antisemitic attack" and expressed remorse for the victim, Karen Diamond.

Kiros also blamed Israel's actions in the Middle East for inspiring antisemitic attacks on Jewish people worldwide. She is part of a growing wave of far-left, anti-Israel candidates gaining traction within the Democratic Party. Kiros has advocated for policies including abolishing ICE, Medicare for all, and ending what she calls the "genocide in Palestine."

Despite the criticism, Kiros expressed willingness to engage in dialogue with Weiser, stating, "I really look forward to sitting down with Phil Weiser to figure out how we can work together to combat that hate."

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