Several prominent Democratic House lawmakers, including Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., accepted campaign donations from Susan Rosenberg, a former left-wing terrorist convicted of of a plot to bomb the U.S. government.
According to campaign finance records uncovered by the Washington Free Beacon, Nadler received a $1,000 contribution from Rosenberg in June 2021 – just months after the January 6th Capitol riots that Nadler vehemently condemned as an act of terrorism.
Rosenberg’s history of extremism is well-documented. In 1985, she was sentenced to 58 years in prison for her role in the May 19th Communist Organization, a self-described revolutionary Marxist group.
At the time of her arrest, Rosenberg possessed over 700 pounds of explosives, including dynamite and weapons like a submachine gun, with the intent to carry out bombings against government and political targets.
She had also been implicated, though never convicted, in the 1983 bombing of the United States Senate – perpetrated in an attempt to assassinate Republican senators. Other charges related to that bombing, as well as terror attacks on sites like the U.S. National War College were ultimately dismissed as part of a plea deal for her accomplices.
Despite her role in violent anti-government extremism, Rosenberg was controversially pardoned in 2001 by then-President Bill Clinton on his final day in office, commuting the remaining 42 years of her sentence.
The pardon came after advocacy from Nadler himself and others on the political left.
It’s worth noting that Nadler himself was among the loudest voices condemning the January 6th rioters as “right-wing extremists” and “terrorists” trying to “overthrow the government” – the very same goal for which Rosenberg had been imprisoned just years earlier.
Of course, Nadler was far from alone in accepting money from the pardoned domestic terrorist.
Rosenberg’s donations extended to other Democratic progressive stars like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rep. Ilhan Omar, and other members of the group known as “The Squad.”
For her part, Rosenberg remains an unrepentant revolutionary icon for the far-left. She has downplayed her crimes as being “motivated by love for people” and continues to promulgate anti-capitalist, anti-American rhetoric to this day on social media and at speaking engagements.
The revelation that lawmakers who regularly attack conservatives as “extremists” are willingly taking money from an admitted former terrorist is sure to spark outrage.
But Nadler doesn’t mind. In 2011, when prison officials — worried about her pardon — warned that Rosenberg remained in contact with “terrorist friends” Nadler had a simple response.
“So?” he told the officials.