Squad-Endorsed NJ Congressional Candidate Claims Jesus Was a ‘Democratic Socialist’ and ‘Toilets are Socialism’
A Democratic Socialist candidate running for New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District has a long record of unhinged social media posts, including declaring that public toilets are a form of socialism and insisting that Jesus Christ was “likely a Democratic Socialist.”
Analilia Mejia is a former staffer for Sen. Bernie Sanders and has since been endorsed by him, as well as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, Sen. Cory Booker, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren.
Mejia previously served as co-executive director of the Center for Popular Democracy in Action and won the Democrat primary earlier this year.
In a 2019 tweet, Mejia argued that anyone who criticizes socialism should stop using basic government services, explicitly listing “toilets” alongside police and fire departments, the U.S. military, Social Security, Medicare, public roads, parks, and schools.
Will anyone who decries socialism, please return/abstain from Public edu, transportation, Police and Fire dpts, libraries, every branch of the US military, Roads &highways,Social Security, Medicare/medicaid, the VA, public parks, toilets, PUBLIC ANYTHING! Thanks. #ShameOfTheUnion
— Analilia Mejia (@Analilia_Mejia) February 6, 2019
The post read:
“Will anyone who decries socialism, please return/abstain from Public edu, transportation, Police and Fire dpts, libraries, every branch of the US military, Roads &highways,Social Security, Medicare/medicaid, the VA, public parks, toilets, PUBLIC ANYTHING! Thanks. #ShameOfTheUnion”
In a 2016 tweet during Sanders’ failed presidential campaign, Mejia wrote, “I don’t think any of the GOP candidates who mentioned God realize Jesus was likely a Democratic Socialist.”
I don’t think any of theGOP candidates who mentioned God realize Jesus was likely a Democratic Socialist. @WorkingFamilies #FeelTheBern
— Analilia Mejia (@Analilia_Mejia) February 2, 2016
In a 2020 post, Mejia wrote, “My husband just woke me from a nightmare where I was audibly scared&crying. I dreamt I was stopped by the police and although I had done nothing, I feared this officer. Our society is really broken into people who would understand my nightmare, maybe share it & those who won’t.”
My husband just woke me from a nightmare where I was audibly scared&crying. I dreamt I was stopped by the police and although I had done nothing, I feared this officer. Our society is really broken into people who would understand my nightmare, maybe share it & those who won’t.
— Analilia Mejia (@Analilia_Mejia) July 16, 2020
The posts were recently resurfaced by Breitbart News.
The article detailed Mejia’s other past statements, including calls to abolish ICE, comparing migrant detention centers to concentration camps, and expressing sympathy for the “desire for destruction” during the 2020 George Floyd riots.
In January, Mejia led a crowd at a rally in an “Abolish ICE” chant.
“I say abolish ICE now,” Mejia told the crowd. “You can’t reform that. It’s not fixable. Get it out. Kick it over. It is wrong. Forget it.”
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